Nanosensors for Smart Agriculture

Adil Denizli is Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey. His main research fields are molecular imprinting technologies, purification of biomolecules by chromatographic methods, detection of molecules by sensors, production of polymers with different surface and bulk properties, shape and geometries, and application of these polymers in different applications. Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience. Susai Rajendran is Research Director, Professor of Chemistry St. Antony’s College of Arts and Sciences For Women, India. His research is in the field of corrosion science and engineering, nanotechnology, applications of nanomaterials in corrosion protection study, and environmental studies. Ghulam Yasin is a researcher in the School of Environment and Civil Engineering at Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China. His expertise covers the design and development of hybrid devices and technologies of carbon nanostructures and advanced nanomaterials for for real-world impact in energy-related and other functional applications. Ashok Kumar is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. His research areas are in enzymology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, and bioenergy.

• Section I Basic principles1. Nanotechnology for agriculture: an introduction2. Nanotechnology and sustainable agriculture3. Microbiology in agriculture: an introduction4. Methods for design and fabrication of nanosensors5. Magnetic nanomaterials-based biosensors6. Nanoparticles-based sensors for agricultural application7. Electrochemical sensors for agricultural application8. Current commercial nanosensors and devices/products used in agriculture9. Soil moisture nanosensors10. Detection and evaluation of trace metals in soil using nanosensorsSection II Nanosensors for soilquality monitoring and control11. Nanosensors for pesticide detection in soil12. Application of nanosensors for pesticide detection13. Nanosensors for detecting nutrient losses from soil (as gaseous ammonia and nitrous oxide, and/or soil leachates as nitrate and phosphate)14. Nanosensors for the detection of heavy trace metals in soil15. Nanobiosensors for soil microbial detection16. Nanosensors for microbial detection in soil17. Wireless nanosensor network for agricultural applications18. Nanosensors for controlled release fertilizerSection III Nanosensors for growing crops19. Nanosensors for plant health monitoring20. Wireless nanosensor network for irrigation control21. Plant health monitoring using nanosensor system22. Role of nanobiosensors and biosensors in plant virus detection23. Nanosensors for animal health monitoring24. Nanosensors for virus detectionSection IV Nanosensors for livestock farming25. Virus detection using nanobiosensors26. Animal health monitoring using nanosensor networks27. Advanced nanosensors for virus detection28. Use of nanosensor technologies in the food industry29. Nanosensors for food logisticsSection V Nanosensors for agrifood manufacturing30. Nanosensors for food inspection31. Application of nanosensors in food inspection32. Nanosensors for intelligent food packaging33. Food products safety