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    Irradiation of Foods
    (CRC Press, 2026) Nuzhat Bashir, Mohammad Haris Siddiqui, Owais Yousuf
    Food irradiation is a food preservation technique that uses ionising radiation to eradicate harmful microorganisms, such as allergies and moulds, which contribute to food insecurity and malnutrition. This technique involves exposing food to a specific dose of radiation on a conveyor belt for a predetermined time using three types of radiation: X-rays, electrons, and gamma rays. Radiation dosages can be high, low, or medium, depending on the items to be irradiated and the target organism to be destroyed. Applications of radiation technology include inhibiting root and tuber emergence, defoliating grains and pulses, reducing or eliminating foodborne diseases in vegetables and animal products, and delaying fruit maturity. Each application aims to reduce food allergenicity and lengthen shelf life. Despite consumer concerns about the quality and safety of irradiated food, the adoption of this practice is growing owing to increased awareness and perceptions of quality and safety. With food irradiation becoming more widely accepted and commercialised, it has the potential to play a significant role in addressing global food insecurity and foodborne illness issues. Despite advancements in technology over the past decade, food loss remains a significant issue, with gastrointestinal disorders accounting for almost 30% of global mortality rates. Radiation can help guarantee food safety for both healthy and vulnerable consumers, meet quarantine regulations, and prevent significant losses during transportation and commercialisation.
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    INNER TRANSITION ELEMENT BASED NANOMATERIALS
    (Zenodo, 2026) Nashra Fatima, Ekhlakh Veg, Tahmeena Khan
    Nanomaterials based on inner transition elements, especially those made from lanthanides and actinides, have remarkable physicochemical characteristics that allow for multipurpose integration in energy, sensing, and medicinal applications. Recent research emphasizes how their distinct optical stability, narrow emission bands, and adjustable near-infrared luminescence enable enhanced sensing modalities, photothermal therapy, and deep-tissue bioimaging. Furthermore, hybrid nanostructures and metal organic frameworks based on lanthanides provide a variety of platforms for sustainable technologies, environmental monitoring, and catalysis. This review highlights some current research on inner transition element-based nanomaterials made using diverse techniques that have been used in a variety of applications.
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    ZnO-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES AS EFFICIENT PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR DYE- CONTAMINATED WATER TREATMENT
    (Zenodo, 2026) Ekhlakh Veg, Nashra Fatima, Tahmeena Khan
    Industrial wastewater containing synthetic dyes poses a major environmental and health concern because these pollutants are toxic, stable, and difficult to remove using conventional treatment methods. Among various photocatalysts, zinc oxide (ZnO) is extensively studied due to its low cost, chemical stability, non-toxic nature, and strong oxidative potential. Nevertheless, its practical application is restricted by a wide band gap and fast recombination of photo-generated charge carriers, which reduce activity under visible light. Recent progress shows that forming ZnO- based nanocomposites effectively overcomes these limitations by improving light absorption, suppressing charge recombination, and increasing reactive surface sites.
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    Microbial-Assisted Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and their Potential Application
    (Zenodo, 2024) Ekhlakh Veg, Sabeeha Jabeen, Seema Joshi, Tahmeena Khan
    Nanomaterials are the rapidly growing field of nanotechnology. The development of reliable strategies for the synthesis of nanomaterials with different chemical compositions, sizes, and high monodispersity is one of the most challenging issues these days. Recent studies on the use of microorganisms in the synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) are a relatively new and exciting area of research with considerable potential for development. This mini-review highlights the use of different microorganisms in the biosynthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and their biological applications.
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    Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Environmental and Industrial Microbiology
    (Zenodo, 2024) Sabeeha Jabeen, Ekhlakh Veg, Shashi Bala, Tahmeena Khan
    Metal oxide-based nanoparticles (NPs) have numerous applications in science and technology. This paper focuses on applications of NPs Environmental and Industrial Microbiology. Metal oxide-based NPs find applications in wastewater remediation, gas sensing, and heavy metal eradication because of their non-toxic behavior, large surface area, bandgap, and tremendous catalytic performance. Attainment of selective nanostructures of metal oxide nanoparticles is possible through the green synthetic methodology without generating any toxic by-products. These properties make them effective in applications ranging from pollution control and bioremediation to industrial processes like biofuel production and antimicrobial surface creation. However, the potential toxicity of these NPs and their long-term environmental impact pose significant challenges. This Paper highlights the promise of metal oxide NPs in advancing microbiology while underscoring the need for comprehensive risk assessments to ensure their safe application.
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    CuO NANOPARTCLES AND THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY EVALUATION
    (Zenodo, 2024) Sabeeha Jabeen, Ekhlakh Veg, Shashi Bala, Seema Joshi, Tahmeena Khan
    The development of antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing problems in global healthcare. Microbial resistance to antibiotics might be combatted by the use metal-oxide-based nanoparticles (NPs). Many studies have shown that Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) have potent antibacterial activity against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. This review summarizes some recent studies to investigate the antibacterial activity of the CuO NPs fabricated from different strategies, particularly green synthesis which has emerged as an environment-friendly approach for the fabrication of NPs.
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    Nanoconjugation of Schiff Bases for Biological Activity Enhancement
    (Zenodo, 2024) Ekhlakh Veg, Sabeeha Jabeen, Seema Joshi, Tahmeena Khan
    Schiff bases form metal chelates which show good antimicrobial, anticancer properties etc. Due to poor solubility, poor bioavailability, researchers now conjugated these Schiff bases to nanoparticles which enhance the solubility and bioavailability for better results. This paper reports the nanocojugation of Schiff bases and their diverse biological activities. Keywords: Schiff bases, Antimicrobial, anticancer, nanoparticles etc.
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    Introduction to Nuclear Emulsion Technique in Particle Physics
    (Book Rivers, 2026) Salman Ahamad Khan, Zubair Khan
    This chapter presents an introduction to the nuclear emulsion technique,widely used in nuclear and particle physics for the detection and analysis of,charged particles. We have discussed the historical background,,composition and track formation in the emulsion. This technique gives very,good visualization of the trajectories with a great spatial resolution.,
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    Charge, Heat and Momentum Transport in Hot QCD Matter
    (Book Rivers, 2026) Salman Ahamad Khan, Mohd Shahalam
    This chapter gives an introduction to the transport coefficients such as,electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, shear viscosity, bulk viscosity,and Seebeck coefficient of quark gluon plasma (QGP) which is the high,temperature phase of quantum chromodynamics. We have given the,definition of the transport coefficients in the frame work of relativistic,kinetic theory and have also shown their temperature behavior. For a,better understanding of the effects of collisions on the transport coefficients,,we have discussed the behavior of all these coefficients in naive RTA as well,as number conserving BGK collision terms.,