Advances in Food Nanotechnology

Emerging Nanotechnologies in Food Science

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 11-38

  Cerqueira, Miguel Ângelo ^b   Pinheiro, Ana C ^a,d   Ramos, Oscar L ^a   Silva, Hélder ^c   Bourbon, Ana I ^a   Vicente, Antonio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Food safety; Lipid nanoparticles; Nanocapsules; Nanoemulsions; Nanohydrogels

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; NANOCAPSULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

FOOD NANOTECHNOLOGIES; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; LIPID NANOPARTICLES; NANO-EMULSIONS; NANOHYDROGELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 85027127404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-42980-1.00002-9     Document Type: Chapter

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