CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS

Title of The Book Nanotechnology Applications for Food Safety & Quality
Monitoring
Publisher Elsevier Publisher
Editors  Arun Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Engineering
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management
(NIFTEM)
(An Autonomous Institution under Ministry of Food Processing Industries
(MoFPI), Government of India)
Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli (131028), Sonepat,
Haryana, India
E-mail: arunsharma1712@gmail.com ; arun.sharma@niftem.ac.in
*Corresponding author: Arun Sharma; Email: arunsharma1712@gmail.com

 P.S.Vijayakumar, Scientist
Institute of Nano Science and Technology
(An Autonomous Institution under Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India)
Phase - 10, Sector - 64, Mohali (Punjab)
E-mail: psvijayakumar@inst.ac.in

 Pramod K. Prabhakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science &

Technology
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management
(NIFTEM)
(An Autonomous Institution under Ministry of Food Processing Industries
(MoFPI), Government of India)
Plot No. 97, Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli (131028), Sonepat,
Haryana, India
E-mail: pramodkp@niftem.ac.in
Expected date of April, 2022
publication
About the book:

- In largescale food production and processing, safety and quality monitoring is vital for public health
and imperative for achieving global food security. Recent technological advancements in processing
and surge in consumer demand have led to a variety of processed foods. Fast changing lifestyles due
to recent outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, eating habits, increased demand for Ready To Eat (RTE)
and packed food. Use of pesticides, adulteration (such as preservatives, colourants, flavouring agents,
stabilizers) microbial adaptation and altered human susceptibility to microbial hazards have
contributed to augment frequency of food-borne diseases. This causes issue in global public health,
leading all stakeholders including consumers to be more concerned about food safety and quality than
ever before.
- Nanotechnology based research for food safety and quality monitoring is at nascent stage but has
proven to detect highly specific pathogenic microbes and adulterants. With the advancement in
knowledge about behaviour of nano-engineered materials in food and its toxicity, the applications of
nanotechnology is expected to reach unprecedented levels. The proposed book intends to be
knowledge repository for academia and industry to lead the futuristic research.

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AUDIENCE
- The book is primarily intended to serve for graduates and postgraduates reference in both academics
and professional. In order to ensure quality and focused contents on the topic, the chapters will be
invited from global researcher community currently working in the area of nanotechnology driven
food safety & quality monitoring.

PROPOSED OUTLINE OF BOOK

Part-1: Nanotechnology Applications for food safety monitoring
(Broad Areas of chapters)
 Nanotechnology applications for food supply chain
 Nanotechnology based specific and sensitive sensors for food pesticides, pathogen and microbes.
 Nanotechnology applications for food traceability
 Nanotechnology applications for Food Safety: Benefits and Risks

Part-2: Nanotechnology Applications for food quality monitoring

(Broad Areas of chapters)
 Nanotechnology applications for quality determination in packaged food
 Nanotechnology based sensors for shelf life determination of food materials
 Nanotechnology based packaging of food materials
 Nanotechnology based specific and sensitive sensors for adulteration such as preservatives,
colourants, flavouring agents, stabilizers etc.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission (of approx. 500 words) 15th January 2022
Abstract Acceptance 20th January 2022
Full Chapter Submission (1st Draft) 30th January 2022
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR CHAPTER

 Send your 500-word abstract by the designated deadline to: arunsharma1712@gmail.com

 As soon as abstract is accepted, the authors will be shared link for creating account with Elsevier- EMSS,
platform for authors, contributors, and Elsevier staff to facilitate chapter submission and publication
process.

 We are looking for a range of 10,000-12,000 words. Make sure list all co-authors with complete contact
information and links to Google Scholar Profile and CVs. The publisher’s guidelines Note that all chapters
will be put through similarity software and publisher’s guidelines are an overall similarity index of less
than 10% (with maximum 3% from any single source). Reviewing Policy: All the book chapters are subject
to reviewing policy of publisher. The other terms and conditions regarding format of book chapter will be
communicated to authors of accepted manuscripts.

 You are requested to submit book chapters revolving around theme and focus area of book but do not
submit the already received/ reserved book chapter titles to avoid delicacy. The list of book chapters
already received are as follows:

LIST OF CHAPTERS ALREADY RECEIVED

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Part I: Nanotechnology Applications for food safety monitoring

1. Nanotechnology: a new approach to advanced food packaging
2. Nanotechnology applications for food safety: Benefits and Risks
3. Nanotechnology and Its Food Safety Applications In Food Industry
4. Nanotechnology Applications in Food Packaging

Part II: Nanotechnology Applications for food quality monitoring

5. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for food quality and safety monitoring
6. Nanotechnology-based sensors for shelf-life determination of food materials
7. Nanotechnology applications for quality determination of RTE and packaged food
8. Quality Assurance of Packaged Food Using Nanotechnology
9. Application of silica-based nano-composites for the preservation of post-harvest produce
10. Biodegradable polymers and silica nanoparticles: Applications in food packaging
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NOTE: Please note that almost all the above chapters received so far have international co-authors ranging
from USA, Canada, Sweden, India, Italy and Egypt. The book contributors are from four major continents
which gives a unique impact on readers and possibly wide publicity and reach for the authors. You are therefore
encouraged to submit book chapters keeping in view of author guidelines along with less than 10% similarity.

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