Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Nanostructured semiconducting oxide thick films for monitoring food freshness

13^th International Conference on Nanotek & Expo

December 05-07, 2016 Phoenix, USA

D. R. Patil, Janhavi P. Talegaonkar

R. L. College, India
Smt. P. K. Kotecha Mahila Mahavidyala, India.

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nanomed Nanotechnol

Abstract:

Nowadays, people use the junk foods and readily available foods in packets available in the market, due to rush and rush in their routine works. Also, the modern life style prefers the food packets in birthday like parties. Some foods like tomato souse, ketchups, fruit crunches, fish, agricultural products, animal products, etc. are made the mandatory part of daily lives. Such foods may get degraded if not stored properly. It has been observed that, the cold storage units are not available in all the shops. This is the major problem in villages. Even though the degradation of such foods is less in amount, it affects the human health, on consumption, in terms of various diseases, viz. vomiting, diarrhoea, indigestions, stomach disorders, physiological and psychological disorders, etc. So, there is a strong need to detect the food freshness.The bismuth oxide powder synthesized at optimized conditions with the definite particle size was utilized in the form of thick films for monitoring food freshness. The effect of degradation time, the type of food, the surface nanostructure, operating temperature, long duration, long term exposure, etc. on the food freshness of the samples were studied and discussed. Keywords: Junk foods, Tomato Souse, Ketchup, Fish, Food Freshness, etc

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Email: prof_drpatil@yahoo.in