Foodborne diseases have become a huge threat to human health. It is estimated that 600 million people in the world suffer from foodborne diseases and 420 thousand people die every year. Therefore, food safety issues have recently attracted public concern. Traditional detection methods in food and environment have deficiencies in terms of ASSURED (affordable, sensitivity, specificity, user-friendliness, rapid, equipment-free and deliverable to end-user). The escalating demand for rapid food safety analysis presents a strong need for the development of sensors based on nano/biotechnology. The complexity of food samples comes with many analytical challenges that may be addressed by the advanced nano/biotechnologies. Nowadays, the application of nanotechnology and advanced sensors has shown the possibility of rapid, selective and sensitive detection of specimens even in complex food matrices. Many advanced sensors have been developed and performed well in real food samples.
This Research Topic aims to contribute to filling the gap in the knowledge between food safety and nano/biotechnology. The special issue will report recent developments and advances in nanotechnology, microtechnology, nanosensors/biosensors and biotechnology, to meet the detection needs in the fields of food, environment and agriculture sustainability and safety. We welcome both original research and review papers to address the technical advancements and applications.
The following detection techniques are included but not limited to:
• Electrochemical sensors
• Optical sensors
• Nucleic acid amplification technology
• Nanomaterials-based sensors
• Microfluidic and nanofluidics
• Paper-based detection
• Smartphone-based nano/biosensors
• Other nanosensors for food detection
• Food sample pretreatment
• Nanomaterials for Food-safety nutrition delivery
Foodborne diseases have become a huge threat to human health. It is estimated that 600 million people in the world suffer from foodborne diseases and 420 thousand people die every year. Therefore, food safety issues have recently attracted public concern. Traditional detection methods in food and environment have deficiencies in terms of ASSURED (affordable, sensitivity, specificity, user-friendliness, rapid, equipment-free and deliverable to end-user). The escalating demand for rapid food safety analysis presents a strong need for the development of sensors based on nano/biotechnology. The complexity of food samples comes with many analytical challenges that may be addressed by the advanced nano/biotechnologies. Nowadays, the application of nanotechnology and advanced sensors has shown the possibility of rapid, selective and sensitive detection of specimens even in complex food matrices. Many advanced sensors have been developed and performed well in real food samples.
This Research Topic aims to contribute to filling the gap in the knowledge between food safety and nano/biotechnology. The special issue will report recent developments and advances in nanotechnology, microtechnology, nanosensors/biosensors and biotechnology, to meet the detection needs in the fields of food, environment and agriculture sustainability and safety. We welcome both original research and review papers to address the technical advancements and applications.
The following detection techniques are included but not limited to:
• Electrochemical sensors
• Optical sensors
• Nucleic acid amplification technology
• Nanomaterials-based sensors
• Microfluidic and nanofluidics
• Paper-based detection
• Smartphone-based nano/biosensors
• Other nanosensors for food detection
• Food sample pretreatment
• Nanomaterials for Food-safety nutrition delivery
