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Focused on extraction of bioactive components from plant material and on targeted delivery of vitamins, antioxidants, colorants and antifungals via colloidal and nanoparticle systems, the design of nanoparticle/colloidal systems is one of the main research thrusts of the lab. Equipment available for synthesis and characterization of nano- and colloidal systems includes: sonicator, rotovap, Zetasizer, TLC, fluorometer, HPLC, centrivap, chiller, oven and incubator.
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| Nanoparticles and Colloidal Systems |
| Nanoscale engineering: nanoencapsulation of bioactive components for controlled drug release and food applications. |
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| Microwave Extractions of Bioactive Components |
| Process development: microwave heating, supercritical fluid extraction of biactive components from plants. |
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| Numerical Methods of Multiphysics Phenomena |
| Mathematical modeling: numerical modeling of bioprocesses involving multiphysics phenomena. |