Plant nanobionics approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing

JP Giraldo, MP Landry, SM Faltermeier… - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
The interface between plant organelles and non-biological nanostructures has the potential
to impart organelles with new and enhanced functions. Here, we show that single-walled …

Nitroaromatic detection and infrared communication from wild-type plants using plant nanobionics

MH Wong, JP Giraldo, SY Kwak, VB Koman… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Plant nanobionics aims to embed non-native functions to plants by interfacing them with
specifically designed nanoparticles. Here, we demonstrate that living spinach plants …

Nanotechnology approaches for chloroplast biotechnology advancements

GM Newkirk, P de Allende, RE Jinkerson… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photosynthetic organisms are sources of sustainable foods, renewable biofuels, novel
biopharmaceuticals, and next-generation biomaterials essential for modern society. Efforts …

Bioinspired hollow semiconductor nanospheres as photosynthetic nanoparticles

J Sun, J Zhang, M Zhang, M Antonietti, X Fu… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis occurs in the thylakoid membrane where functional proteins and
electron carriers are precisely arranged to efficiently convert sunlight into a chemical …

Targeted delivery of nanomaterials with chemical cargoes in plants enabled by a biorecognition motif

I Santana, H Wu, P Hu, JP Giraldo - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Current approaches for nanomaterial delivery in plants are unable to target specific
subcellular compartments with high precision, limiting our ability to engineer plant function …

Targeted carbon nanostructures for chemical and gene delivery to plant chloroplasts

I Santana, SJ Jeon, HI Kim, MR Islam, C Castillo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology approaches for improving the delivery efficiency of chemicals and
molecular cargoes in plants through plant biorecognition mechanisms remain relatively …

Application of nanoparticle antioxidants to enable hyperstable chloroplasts for solar energy harvesting

AA Boghossian, F Sen, BM Gibbons… - Advanced Energy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The chloroplast contains densely stacked arrays of light‐harvesting proteins that harness
solar energy with theoretical maximum glucose conversion efficiencies approaching 12 …

Nanobiotechnology approaches for engineering smart plant sensors

JP Giraldo, H Wu, GM Newkirk, S Kruss - Nature nanotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Nanobiotechnology has the potential to enable smart plant sensors that communicate with
and actuate electronic devices for improving plant productivity, optimize and automate water …

Enhanced biological photosynthetic efficiency using light‐harvesting engineering with dual‐emissive carbon dots

W Li, S Wu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Zhuang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing solar energy conversion is imperative and maximizing solar energy capture
remains significant. Here, nanotechnology toward engineering hybrid photosystem involving …

Self-regulation of photoinduced electron transfer by a molecular nonlinear transducer

SD Straight, G Kodis, Y Terazono… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Organisms must adapt to survive, necessitating regulation of molecular and subcellular
processes. Green plant photosynthesis responds to potentially damaging light levels by …