Nanotechnology: Applications in Energy, Drug and Food

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Applications of nanotechnology are the remarkable sizes dependent on physiochemical properties of nanomaterials that have led to the developed protocols for synthesizing nanomaterials over a range of size, shapes and chemical compositions. Nanomaterials are normally powders composed of nanoparticles which exhibit properties that are different from powders. Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale with their wide applications in energy sector, including -but not limited to- energy resources, energy conversion, energy storage, and energy usage; drug delivery systems including- safety concerns, perspective, challenges, target therapeutics for cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other human diseases, nanomaterials based tissue engineering; and food sectors including to- food safety and quality, opportunities, challenges, nanomaterials based enhancing food packing, and determination of foodborne pathogens, agro and marine food, analysis of market, regulations and future prospects. The utilization of nanotechnology in the energy field will be emphasized and highlighted, in accordance to their prominent and high impact in this particular field. Recent trends and significant benefits of nanotechnology in the energy field will be revealed to the readers, and their promising advanced applications will be discussed. The current drug discovery paradigm constantly needs to improve, enhance efficiency and reduce time to the market on the basis of designing new drug discovery, drug delivery and pharmaceutical manufacturing. In this book will be highlighted nanotechnology based drug delivery is an important aspect of medicine, as more potent and specific drugs that are particularly discussed the understanding of disease pathways. Several biomaterials can be applied to small-molecule drugs as controlled release reservoirs for drug delivery and provide new insights into disease processes, thus understanding the mechanisms of action of drugs. Applications of food nanotechnology are an area of emerging interest for the food industry, for the reason, in this book will be given more priority to discuss the uses of nanomaterials for food packing, food safety and quality, and to remove the contaminated or spoiled by foodborne pathogens. And also nanotechnology based food products will be discussed how making them tastier, healthier, and more nutritious such as vitamins, to reduce fat content, and to ensure they do not degrade during a product’s shelf life. Nanotechnology is basically the uses of nanomaterials, devices and systems through the control of matter on the nanometer scale. Multidisciplinary studies are required the technology for discovery and moving so fast from concept to the reality. Nanotechnology always not only provided more benefits in energy, drugs and food products but also provided significantly benefits around multidisciplinary field applications. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Carbon Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Devices (Zhipeng Wang, Gan Jet Hong Melvin)....Pages 1-29 Zinc Based Spinel Oxides for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications (Faheem K. Butt, Sajid Ur Rehman)....Pages 31-48 Nanotechnology in Renewable Energy: Critical Reviews for Wind Energy (W. K. Muzammil, Md. Mizanur Rahman, A. Fazlizan, M. A. Ismail, H. K. Phang, M. A. Elias)....Pages 49-71 Nanomaterials: Electromagnetic Wave Energy Loss (Gan Jet Hong Melvin, Yaofeng Zhu, Qing-Qing Ni)....Pages 73-97 Emerging Nanotechnology for Third Generation Photovoltaic Cells (Biju Mani Rajbongshi, Anil Verma)....Pages 99-133 Nanotechnology: Emerging Opportunities for Fuel Cell Applications (Wai Yin Wong, Nabila A. Karim)....Pages 135-174 Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery Systems: Past, Present and Future (Riana Awang Saman, Mohammad Iqbal)....Pages 175-185 Targeted Therapeutic Nanoparticles for Cancer and Other Human Diseases (Rabiatul Basria S. M. N. Mydin, Wan Nordiana Rahman, Rosmazihana Mat Lazim, Amirah Mohd Gazzali, Nur Hazirah Mohd Azlan, Said Moshawih)....Pages 187-207 Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: A Modern Approach for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Anisha A. D’Souza)....Pages 209-225 Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine Application: Lipid-Based Nanoparticles and Their Safety Concerns (Rabiatul Basria S. M. N. Mydin, Said Moshawih)....Pages 227-232 Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery System (Nur Izzati Mohd Razali, Noor Syazwani Mohd Saufi, Raha Ahmad Raus, Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi, Dayang Fredalina Basri)....Pages 233-248 Drug Discovery: A Biodiversity Perspective (Kholis A. Audah)....Pages 249-265 Nano TiO2 for Biomedical Applications (Khairul Arifah Saharudin, Srimala Sreekantan, Rabiatul Basria S. M. N. Mydin, Siti Nor Qurratu Aini Abd Aziz, G. Ambarasan Govindasamy)....Pages 267-281 Nanotechnology: Recent Trends in Food Safety, Quality and Market Analysis (Zamri Nurfatihah, Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee)....Pages 283-293 Nanotechnology Applications in Food: Opportunities and Challenges in Food Industry (Afiqah Silon Ummi, Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee)....Pages 295-308 Improvement of Food Packaging Based on Functional Nanomaterial (Bambang Kuswandi, Mehran Moradi)....Pages 309-344 Applications of Polymeric Nanoparticles in Food Sector (Norizah Abdul Rahman)....Pages 345-359 Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) Biosensors for Determination of Carbamate Pesticides (Anwar Samsidar, Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee)....Pages 361-375 Nanosensors Based Detection of Foodborne Pathogens (Mohd Hazani Mat Zaid, Jerro Saidykhan, Jaafar Abdullah)....Pages 377-422 Electrochemical Methods to Characterize Nanomaterial-Based Transducers for the Development of Noninvasive Glucose Sensors (Nur Alya Batrisya Ismail, Firdaus Abd-Wahab, Nurul Izzati Ramli, Mamoun M. Bader, Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim)....Pages 423-439