Carbon nanotubes: Smart drug/gene delivery carriers

H Zare, S Ahmadi, A Ghasemi, M Ghanbari… - International journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)(such as their high surface to volume
ratios, enhanced conductivity and strength, biocompatibility, ease of functionalization, optical …

Nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture: An emerging opportunity

RP Singh, R Handa, G Manchanda - Journal of controlled release, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional agriculture often relies on bulky doses of fertilizers and pesticides that have
adversely affected the living beings as well as the ecosystems. As a basic tenet of …

Critical Review: Role of Inorganic Nanoparticle Properties on Their Foliar Uptake and in Planta Translocation

A Avellan, J Yun, BP Morais, ET Clement… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is increasing pressure on global agricultural systems due to higher food demand,
climate change, and environmental concerns. The design of nanostructures is proposed as …

Uptake, translocation, and transformation of metal-based nanoparticles in plants: recent advances and methodological challenges

J Lv, P Christie, S Zhang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Interactions between engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and plants represent one of the
fundamental problems we must face in the rapid development of nanotechnology. Hundreds …

Engineering plants with carbon nanotubes: a sustainable agriculture approach

M Safdar, W Kim, S Park, Y Gwon, YO Kim… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable agriculture is an important conception to meet the growing food demand of the
global population. The increased need for adequate and safe food, as well as the ongoing …

High aspect ratio nanomaterials enable delivery of functional genetic material without DNA integration in mature plants

GS Demirer, H Zhang, JL Matos, NS Goh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis
and crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput of …

Nanotechnology in plant science: to make a long story short

I Sanzari, A Leone, A Ambrosone - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This mini-review aims at gaining knowledge on basic aspects of plant nanotechnology.
While in recent years the enormous progress of nanotechnology in biomedical sciences has …

Nanotechnology: a new opportunity in plant sciences

P Wang, E Lombi, FJ Zhao, PM Kopittke - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
The agronomic application of nanotechnology in plants (phytonanotechnology) has the
potential to alter conventional plant production systems, allowing for the controlled release …

An overview on manufactured nanoparticles in plants: uptake, translocation, accumulation and phytotoxicity

DK Tripathi, S Singh, S Singh, R Pandey… - Plant physiology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The unprecedented capability to control and characterize materials on the nanometer scale
has led to the rapid expansion of nanostructured materials. The expansion of …

Interaction of nanomaterials with plants: what do we need for real applications in agriculture?

A Pérez-de-Luque - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The number of published researching works related with applications of nanomaterials in
agriculture is increasing every year. Most of such works focus on the synthesis of …