Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

This session deals with nano technology and its application, nanotechnology is a science and technology concerned  with the study of particles at the size of nano scale that is its size ranges between 1-100 nano meter. It can also be stated that manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supra molecular scale. Nanotechnology has a huge range of applications, like it can create many new materials and devices such as in nanomedicine, nanoelectronics, biomaterials energy production, and consumer products. It also raises many of the same issues as any new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials.

 

Nano technology impacts many factors in that one of them is food science  from earlier stages of food irrigation to the final step of food packing. Companies are developing nanomaterials that will make a difference not only in the taste of food, but also in food safety, and the health benefits that food delivers.

 

 according to market analysis global nanomaterial market was estimated to total nearly $106 billion in 2011 and $112 billion in 2012. The market might reach $188 billion by 2017, and have a five-year compound annual growth rate (cagr) of 10.8%.