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Cold Plasma in Food and Agriculture
Fundamentals and Applications
This essential reference explores cutting-edge developments on the nonthermal plasma technology used to improve food safety and quality and is useful for anyone interested in applying novel plasma technology to food and other sensitive biomaterials
NN Misra (Edited by), Oliver Schlüter (Edited by), PJ Cullen (Edited by)
9780128013656, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 22 July 2016
380 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.66 kg
Cold Plasma in Food and Agriculture: Fundamentals and Applications is an essential reference offering a broad perspective on a new, exciting, and growing field for the food industry. Written for researchers, industry personnel, and students interested in nonthermal food technology, this reference will lay the groundwork of plasma physics, chemistry, and technology, and their biological applications. Food scientists and food engineers interested in understanding the theory and application of nonthermal plasma for food will find this book valuable because it provides a roadmap for future developments in this emerging field. This reference is also useful for biologists, chemists, and physicists who wish to understand the fundamentals of plasma physics, chemistry, and technology and their biological interactions through applying novel plasma sources to food and other sensitive biomaterials.
1. Cold Plasma in Food and Agriculture 2. Physics of Cold Plasma 3. Chemistry of Cold Plasma 4. Cold Plasma Sources 5. Diagnostics of Cold Plasma 6. Antimicrobial Mechanisms of Cold Plasma 7. Cold Plasma Interactions with Liquid and Solid Food Matrices 8. Plasma Agriculture 9. Cold Plasma for Food Safety 10. Quality of Cold Plasma Treated Plant Foods 11. Quality of Cold Plasma Treated Foods of Animal Origin 12. Plasma Applications in Food Packaging 13. Cold Plasma for Effluent and Waste Treatment 14. Future of Cold Plasma in Food Processing
Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Plasma physics [PHFP]
