Innovative heat-technology of processing phytoestrogenic raw materials into functional powders

Heat accumulation during pulsed laser materials processing.

Laser materials processing with ultra-short pulses allows very precise and high quality results with a minimum extent of the thermally affected zone. However, with increasing average laser power and repetition rates the so-called heat accumulation effect becomes a considerable issue. The following discussion presents a comprehensive analytical treatment of multi-pulse processing and reveals the...

Assembly of bacteriophage into functional materials.

For the last decade, the fabrication of ordered structures of phage has been of great interest as a means of utilizing the outstanding biochemical properties of phage in developing useful materials. Combined with other organic/inorganic substances, it has been demonstrated that phage is a superior building block for fabricating various functional devices, such as the electrode in lithium-ion ba...

Quality Control of Raw Materials

Food influences the health of a population to a great degree, therefore, the control of food quality is an important government activity, and is legislatively regulated. Raw food materials quality is a complex term that includes nutritional, sensory, hygienictoxicological, and technological points of view. Food has to fulfill all quality requirements, but above all, it has to be safe. High qual...

Positioning an Innovative Flame-weeding Technology Into Crop Production

Aflatoxin M1 in milk powders: processing, homogeneity and stability testing of certified reference materials.

As part of the certification campaign of three candidate reference materials for the determination of aflatoxin M1 (AfM1) in whole milk powders, homogeneity, short- and long-term stability tests of naturally contaminated milk powders have been performed. The homogeneity of two AfM1-contaminated milk powders was studied by taking samples at regular intervals of the filling sequences and analysin...