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T1 Smart Polymers for Food and Water Quality Control and Safety
A1 Vallejos Calzada, Saúl
A1 Trigo López, Miriam
A1 Arnáiz Alonso, Ana
A1 Miguel, Álvaro
A1 García Pérez, José Miguel
K1 Smart polymer
K1 Food control and safety
K1 Food quality indicators
K1 Polymer sensor
K1 Stimuli-responsive polymer
K1 Química orgánica
K1 Chemistry, Organic
K1 Alimentos
K1 Food
AB A large number of annual cases of diseases and deaths related to spoiled or contaminated food,and the amount of food waste are a matter of socio-economic impact, highlighting the need fora fast, easy, cheap, available, and real-time determination of food quality and safety. To ensurethis, physical and chemical food quality indicators such as humidity, temperature, gases, pH,microorganisms, pesticides, etc., should be controlled and monitored during production,transportation, storage, and consumption. In this sense, smart polymers are raised as usefultools to facilitate this task. These polymers are sensitive to variations in the microenvironment,modifying their properties and/or generating a response that can be measured. Due to theirversatility, these materials can be part of the food packaging to inform the consumers or beused as a measuring tool to determine the state of the food. This chapter envisaged the conceptof smart polymers, the types, and their main applications for determining food quality andensuring food and beverage safety.
PB CRC Press
SN 9781003278269
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7332
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7332
LA eng
NO We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional), the Spanish AEI (State Research Agency, PID2020-113264RBI00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and PID2019-108583RJI00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), and "La Caixa" Foundation (under agreement LCF/PR/PR18/51130007). We also acknowledge the financial support provided by the Spanish Ministerio de Universidades (Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliciencia, European Union-NextGenerationEU, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (RD 289/2021) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CA1/RSUE/2021-00409)).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 06-may-2024