Nanoparticle-plant interaction: Implications in energy, environment, and agriculture

PK Rai, V Kumar, SS Lee, N Raza, KH Kim… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the recent techno-scientific revolution, nanotechnology has gained popularity at a rapid
pace in different sectors and disciplines, specifically environmental, sensing, bioenergy, and …

Molecular mechanisms in phytoremediation of environmental contaminants and prospects of engineered transgenic plants/microbes

PK Rai, KH Kim, SS Lee, JH Lee - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Concerns about emerging environmental contaminants have been growing along with
industrialization and urbanization around the globe. Among various options for remediating …

Quantum dots and their interaction with biological systems

N Le, M Zhang, K Kim - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantum dots are nanocrystals with bright and tunable fluorescence. Due to their unique
property, quantum dots are sought after for their potential in several applications in …

Carbon nanofibers as a micronutrient carrier in plants: efficient translocation and controlled release of Cu nanoparticles

M Ashfaq, N Verma, S Khan - Environmental Science: Nano, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An aqueous colloidal dispersion (∼ 230 nm average size) of the copper (Cu) nanoparticle
(NP)-grown carbon nanofibers (CNFs) was used as a stimulant for crop yields. The Cu-CNFs …

Effects of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles on the Growth of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Seedlings and the Relevant Physiological Responses

Z Yang, Y Xiao, T Jiao, Y Zhang, J Chen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a major staple food for billions of people, was assessed for its
phytotoxicity of copper oxide nanoparticle (CuO NPs, size< 50 nm). Under hydroponic …

Assessing the environmental effects related to quantum dot structure, function, synthesis and exposure

MS Giroux, Z Zahra, OA Salawu, RM Burgess… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs) are engineered semiconductor nanocrystals with unique fluorescent,
quantum confinement, and quantum yield properties, making them valuable in a range of …

Phytoremediation of engineered nanoparticles using aquatic plants: Mechanisms and practical feasibility

P Ebrahimbabaie, W Meeinkuirt, J Pichtel - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Certain plants have demonstrated the capability to take up and accumulate metals, thus
offering the potential to remediate metal-contaminated water and sediment. Several aquatic …

Interaction of engineered nanoparticles with the agri-environment

S Pradhan, DR Mailapalli - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles with their unique surface properties can modulate the physiological,
biochemical, and physicochemical pathways, such as photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen …

[HTML][HTML] NanoE-Tox: New and in-depth database concerning ecotoxicity of nanomaterials

K Juganson, A Ivask, I Blinova… - Beilstein journal of …, 2015 - beilstein-journals.org
The increasing production and use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) inevitably results in
their higher concentrations in the environment. This may lead to undesirable environmental …

Uptake, Distribution, and Transformation of CuO NPs in a Floating Plant Eichhornia crassipes and Related Stomatal Responses

J Zhao, W Ren, Y Dai, L Liu, Z Wang, X Yu… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are being released into aquatic environments with their
increasing applications. In this work, we investigated the interaction of CuO NPs with a …