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Surface Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes Impacts the Growth and Expression of Water Channel Protein in Tomato Plants
Author(s) -
Villagarcia Hector,
Dervishi Enkeleda,
de Silva Kanishka,
Biris Alexandru S.,
Khodakovskaya Mariya V.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201102661
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , economies of agglomeration , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , chemistry , composite material , composite number , engineering
Specific properties of carbon nanotubes , such as their level of agglomeration in the medium and their surface characteristics, can be critical for the physiological response of plants upon application of carbon nanotubes. The correlations among the level of aggregation, the type of functional group on the surface of the carbon nanotubes, and the growth performance of tomato plants are documented.