This review summarizes the findings of the most recent studies, published from 2000 to
2016, which focus on the biogeochemical behavior of Cd in soil-plant systems and its impact …

Uptake, transport and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) into plant cells are
complex processes that are currently still not well understood. Parts of this problem are the …

Anthropologic activities have transformed global biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals by
emitting considerable quantities of these metals into the atmosphere from diverse sources …

Phosphorus (P) is an indispensable element for all life on Earth and, during the past decade,
concerns about the future of its global supply have stimulated much research on soil P and …

The impact of engineered nanomaterials on plants, which act as a major point of entry of
contaminants into trophic chains, is little documented. The foliar pathway is even less known …

From the perspective of a chemist, biology confers a rich variety of roles on a number of
metal ions. It is widely agreed that a large fraction of the genomic output of living things …

Terrestrial plants can internalize and translocate nanoparticles (NPs). However, direct
evidence for the processes driving the NP uptake and distribution in plants is scarce at the …

The increased use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in commercial products and the
continuous development of novel applications, is leading to increased intentional and …

The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) raises concerns both about their
accumulation in crops and human exposure via crop consumption. Plants take up AgNPs …

Element specificity is one of the key factors underlying the widespread use and acceptance
of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) as a research tool in the environmental and geo …