Combinations of nanomaterials and deep eutectic solvents as innovative materials in food analysis

Abstract

The application of nanotechnology has been an important tool in the development of sustainable analytical procedures which have been developed in agreement with the principles of sustainability and green chemistry. In this sense, such materials have been widely applied in the area of food analysis providing important improvements in terms of specificity, efficiency, and simplicity. Besides, in recent years, the discovery of other innovative materials developed in the framework of green chemistry, such as deep eutectic solvents (DESs), has gained special attention from the scientific community for whom the design and successful application of sustainable strategies is a huge challenge. In this sense, the recent combination of nanomaterials and DESs have resulted in the performance of suitable approaches in the area of food sciences bringing about interesting alternatives in food analysis. The aim of this review article is to revise the application of nanomaterials combined with DESs in food analysis, paying special attention to the synthesis and characterization steps, as well as to the performance of the most recent approaches developed in the field for the analysis of food commodities.