A review on nanoparticles: characteristics, synthesis, applications, and challenges

KA Altammar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The significance of nanoparticles (NPs) in technological advancements is due to their
adaptable characteristics and enhanced performance over their parent material. They are …

Impacts of silver nanoparticles on plants: a focus on the phytotoxicity and underlying mechanism

A Yan, Z Chen - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology was well developed during past decades and implemented in a broad
range of industrial applications, which led to an inevitable release of nanomaterials into the …

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 …

Polystyrene nano-and microplastic accumulation at Arabidopsis and wheat root cap cells, but no evidence for uptake into roots

SE Taylor, CI Pearce, KA Sanguinet, D Hu… - Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Association of plastic particles with plant roots could represent a pathway for human
consumption of plastic and plastic-associated organic contaminants. Here, we investigated …

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 …

Biosensors for the detection of bacterial and viral clinical pathogens

L Castillo-Henríquez, M Brenes-Acuña, A Castro-Rojas… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biosensors are measurement devices that can sense several biomolecules, and are widely
used for the detection of relevant clinical pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, showing …

Uptake, accumulation and toxicity of silver nanoparticle in autotrophic plants, and heterotrophic microbes: a concentric review

DK Tripathi, A Tripathi, Shweta, S Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology is a cutting-edge field of science with the potential to revolutionize today's
technological advances including industrial applications. It is being utilized for the welfare of …

Uptake, translocation, and transformation of silver nanoparticles in plants

D Huang, F Dang, Y Huang, N Chen… - Environmental Science …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been globally applied in consumer products because of
their antimicrobial properties. Broad applications inevitably release AgNPs into the natural …

Chemical transformation of silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments: Mechanism, morphology and toxicity

W Zhang, B Xiao, T Fang - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been inevitably introduced into ecological
environment during their extensive applications in daily human life. Thermodynamically, Ag …

Silver contamination and its toxicity and risk management in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

LP Padhye, T Jasemizad, S Bolan, OV Tsyusko… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silver (Ag), a naturally occurring, rare and precious metal, is found in major minerals such as
cerargyrite (AgCl), pyrargyrite (Ag 3 SbS 3), proustite (Ag 3 AsS 3), and stephanite (Ag 5 …