Emerging functional nanomaterials for the detection of food contaminants

Publication date: Available online 14 November 2017 Source:Trends in Food Science & Technology Author(s): Jing-Min Liu, Yaxi Hu, Yu-Kun Yang, Huilin Liu, Guo-Zhen Fang, Xiaonan Lu, Shuo Wang Along with the progress in nanoscience, a variety of advanced functional nanomaterials were constructed to develop effective and innovative analytical techniques for food safety surveillance. In this review, we summarized the advanced analytical methods that have been developed based upon advanced functional nanomaterials, including plasmonic nanomaterial-based colorimetric methods, fluorescent nanomaterial-based fluorescent methods, advanced functional material-based molecular imprinting technology, advanced functional material-based chromatographic methods, plasmonic nanomaterial-based surface enhanced Raman scattering technology, and advanced functional material-based electrochemical methods. This review provides a progressive roadmap for further development of portable, rapid, and in situ detection technology to promote food safety surveillance from bench to market and eventually reduce the gap between research in the laboratory and industrial applications.
Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - Category: Food Science Source Type: research