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ReviewMaterials science for energy technologies2020

Nanomaterials application in greenhouse structures, crop processing machinery, packaging materials and agro-biomass conversion.

M C Ndukwu, C E Ikechukwu-Edeh, N R Nwakuba, I Okosa, I T Horsefall, F N Orji

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Review in Materials science for energy technologies, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

M C NdukwuDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria.
C E Ikechukwu-EdehDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria.
N R NwakubaDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.
I OkosaDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria.
I T HorsefallDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria.
F N OrjiDepartment of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of nanomaterials has flagged off crucial research and innovations in science and engineering. Its unique properties and diverse applications present it as the material for the future. The aim of this study is to presents the relative applications of nanomaterial in some aspects of agriculture production. The study discussed nanotechnology applicability in climate control and photosynthesis in the greenhouse farming, hydroponic systems, solar drying, fabrication of crop processing machine components, oxygen scavengers in crop packaging, and micro-organism stimulant in anaerobic digestion for agro biomass conversion. Some highlights from the review revealed that Nanotechnology can be applied to increase water surface area to volume ratio and heat transfer in the air moving into a greenhouse farming. Water cluster can be changed when treated with nanoparticles through ultraviolet absorption spectrum and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy resulting in lower micelles to manipulate water delivery in green house farming. Nano-fluids or Nano-composites can be used to recombine the reactive parts of thermal storage materials after broken at elevated temperature to recover the stored heat for drying purpose during the off-sunshine periods in solar drying of crops. Nanomaterials can be a source of electroluminescence light in hydroponic system and act as coatings and surface hardener in crop processing machinery for post-harvest machines. The reviewed work showed that nanotechnologies has good prospect in adding value in agricultural production in the aspects discussed.

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Agricultural structuresCrop processingNanoscienceNanotechnologyPost-harvest machinesWater atomization

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PMID33604530
PMCPMC7416747

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