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SYNTHESIS OF SUPERFINE NANOMETRIC FOOD POWDER OF POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM) BY ECO-FRIENDLY APPROACH, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS AND TOXICITY ANALYSIS FOR ITS APPLICATION IN FOOD, HEALTH, AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS A NEW FUNCTIONAL FOOD NANOMATERIAL

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Pallavi Singh, Rakesh Kr Singh, Naman Kumar Naik, Nishant Kumar, Ghufran Ahmed, Shyam Narayan
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.4.022

Abstract

Nanometric potato (Solanum tuberosum) food powder was synthesised by an eco-friendly approach, using high-energy ball mill and kitchen-based mixer grinder. A portion of the grounded powder was labelled as 0 hours, after which the potato powder was subjected to the ball mill equipment for time interval of 2.5 hr, 5 hr and 7.5 hr respectively. Optical properties of superfine potato powder include changes in the colour from dark grey to lightest grey which is due to characteristic changes in physical properties and crystal structure occurring due to transition of electrons. The average crystallite size of 12.53nm of the synthesised material was confirmed by HRTEM. FTIR measurements reveal a slight shift in wave number position,

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