Nano-fertilizers: A sustainable technology for improving crop nutrition and food security

AM Jakhar, I Aziz, AR Kaleri, M Hasnain, G Haider… - NanoImpact, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive use of synthetic fertilizers cause economic burdens, increasing soil, water and
atmospheric pollution. Nano-fertilizers have shown great potential for their sustainable uses …

Nanomaterials in the environment: behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects—an updated review

JR Lead, GE Batley, PJJ Alvarez… - Environmental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The present review covers developments in studies of nanomaterials (NMs) in the
environment since our much cited review in 2008. We discuss novel insights into fate and …

Strategic applications of nano-fertilizers for sustainable agriculture: Benefits and bottlenecks

GD Avila-Quezada, AP Ingle, P Golińska… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
The application of nano-fertilizers (NFs) is an emerging research field in agriculture. These
are materials in the size range of 1–100 nm that support the nutrition of the plants. It is a …

Nanomaterials in plant protection and fertilization: current state, foreseen applications, and research priorities

A Gogos, K Knauer, TD Bucheli - Journal of agricultural and food …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Scientific publications and patents on nanomaterials (NM) used in plant protection or
fertilizer products have exponentially increased since the millennium shift. While the United …

Environmental effects and interaction of nanoparticles on beneficial soil and aquatic microorganisms

V Yamini, V Shanmugam, M Rameshpathy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
A steadily increasing production volume of nanoparticles reflects their numerous industrial
and domestic applications. These economic successes come with the potential adverse …

Fate and risks of nanomaterials in aquatic and terrestrial environments

GE Batley, JK Kirby, MJ McLaughlin - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Over the last decade, nanoparticles have been used more frequently in industrial
applications and in consumer and medical products, and these applications of nanoparticles …

Modeled Environmental Concentrations of Engineered Nanomaterials (TiO2, ZnO, Ag, CNT, Fullerenes) for Different Regions

F Gottschalk, T Sonderer, RW Scholz… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Engineered nanomaterials (ENM) are already used in many products and consequently
released into environmental compartments. In this study, we calculated predicted …

Transformation and bioavailability of metal oxide nanoparticles in aquatic and terrestrial environments. A review

M Amde, J Liu, ZQ Tan, D Bekana - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal oxide nanoparticles (MeO-NPs) are among the most consumed NPs and also
have wide applications in various areas which increased their release into the …

Aggregation and deposition of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environments: role of physicochemical interactions

AR Petosa, DP Jaisi, IR Quevedo… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing use of engineered nanomaterials will lead to heightened levels of these
materials in the environment. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive overview …

Assessing the risk of engineered nanomaterials in the environment: development and application of the nanoFate model

KL Garner, S Suh, AA Keller - Environmental Science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We developed a dynamic multimedia fate and transport model (nanoFate) to predict the time-
dependent accumulation of metallic engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) across …