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The Secret of Chia Gel Revealed – Nanoscale 3D Network Retards and Prolongs Food Release

Pottackal N., Das P., Samateh M., John G., The City College of New York, US

Chia Gels have been associated with numerous health benefits over centuries, like curbing diabetes and obesity by retarding digestion rate and quenching craving for more food. However, the exact mode of gelation has always been [...]

Toxicity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Growth Kinetics of Activated Biomass

Das P., Bagdiya N., Kumar A., IIT Delhi, IN

The objective of this study was to study the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO2) NPs on growth kinetic parameters of aerobic sludge bacteria. TiO2 NPs (2 mg/L and 20 mg/L concentrations) were exposed to activated [...]

Change of 7Be decay rate in exohedral and endohedral C60 fullerene

Ray A., Das J.J., Das P., Saha S.K., Das J.J., Das P., Madhavan N., Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, IN

We have measured the change of decay rate of 7Be in different environments including in atomic clusters such as fullerene C60. It has been found that the decay rate depends on the geometrical position of [...]