Silica nanoparticles enhance disease resistance in Arabidopsis plants

M El-Shetehy, A Moradi, M Maceroni… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In plants, pathogen attack can induce an immune response known as systemic acquired
resistance that protects against a broad spectrum of pathogens. In the search for safer …

Uptake and translocation of a silica nanocarrier and an encapsulated organic pesticide following foliar application in tomato plants

V Bueno, X Gao, A Abdul Rahim, P Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pesticide nanoencapsulation and its foliar application are promising approaches for
improving the efficiency of current pesticide application practices, whose losses can reach …

Mineral–soil–plant–nutrient synergisms of enhanced weathering for agriculture: short-term investigations using fast-weathering wollastonite skarn

H Jariwala, F Haque, S Vanderburgt… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Enhanced weathering is a proposed carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategy to accelerate
natural carbon sequestration in soils via the amendment of silicate rocks to agricultural soils …

(Re) thinking towards a sustainable analytical chemistry: Part I: Inorganic elemental sample treatment, and Part II: Alternative solvents and extraction techniques

APR Santana, PA Nascimento… - Trac-Trends in …, 2022 - bv.fapesp.br
Currently, there is a huge demand for the development of analytical methods for chemical
analysis. Sustainable methods have aroused the interest of researchers in the last years …

Simplified silicon recovery from photovoltaic waste enables high performance, sustainable lithium-ion batteries

Y Sim, YB Tay, X Lin, N Mathews - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional recycling methods to separate pure silicon from photovoltaic cells rely on
complete dissolution of metals like silver and aluminium and the recovery of insoluble silicon …

Preliminary investigation of the use of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. as a Cd accumulator in contaminated Mediterranean soils: the relationships among cadmium …

SG Papadimou, Ν Barbayiannis, EE Golia - Euro-Mediterranean Journal …, 2024 - Springer
The plant Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. has been used in a preliminary study to investigate
its phytoremediation potential in moderately and heavily Cd-polluted Greek soils. For this …

Transition metal phthalocyanine-modified shungite-based cathode catalysts for alkaline membrane fuel cell

M Mooste, T Tkesheliadze, J Kozlova, A Kikas… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is one of the green solutions for
the growing need for energy conversion technologies. For the first time, we propose a …

[HTML][HTML] Topical siRNA delivery to the cornea and anterior eye by hybrid silicon-lipid nanoparticles

P Baran-Rachwalska, N Torabi-Pour, FM Sutera… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
The major unmet need and crucial challenge hampering the exciting potential of RNAi
therapeutics in ophthalmology is to find an effective, safe and non-invasive means of …

Fast and non-destructive neutron activation analysis for simultaneous determination of TiO2 and SiO2 in sunscreens with attention to regulatory and research issues

E Sabbioni, S Manenti, R Magarini, C Petrarca… - Analytica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) for the simultaneous determination of
titanium (TiO 2) and silica (SiO 2) dioxide as UV-filters in sunscreens is described. Samples …

Synthetic amorphous silica: environmental impacts of current industry and the benefit of biomass-derived silica

E Errington, M Guo, JYY Heng - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of Synthetic Amorphous Silica (SAS) is a billion-dollar industry. However,
very little is shared publicly on the environmental impact of SAS production. This work …