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Effect of carbon nanotubes on plant growth and gas exchange using Arabidopsis thaliana

Voleti R., Missouri State University, US

There has been increasing interest in the biological and biomedical applications of carbon nanotube. We addressed the novel question: Are pure CNTs produced for distribution to manufacturers “toxic” to plants through their effects on physiological [...]

Effect of carbon nanotubes on plant growth and gas exchange using Arabidopsis thaliana

Voleti R., Missouri State University, US

There has been increasing interest in the biological and biomedical applications of carbon nanotube. We addressed the novel question: Are pure CNTs produced for distribution to manufacturers “toxic” to plants through their effects on physiological [...]

Clean Production of Bioplastic and Bio-oil from Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide

Yu J., University of Hawaii at Manoa, US

Producing fuels and materials from solar energy and CO2 is a clean sustainable solution to the arising fossil energy consumption and CO2 emission. This paper presents a high intensity process that can run continuously at [...]

Clean Production of Bioplastic and Bio-oil from Solar Energy and Carbon Dioxide

Yu J., University of Hawaii at Manoa, US

Producing fuels and materials from solar energy and CO2 is a clean sustainable solution to the arising fossil energy consumption and CO2 emission. This paper presents a high intensity process that can run continuously at [...]

Application of anatase TiO2 sol derived from peroxotitannic acid in crop plant diseases control and growth regulation

Cui H., Zhang P., Gu W., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CN

Synthetic germicides have been widely used to control crop diseases. But they caused many problems such as environmental pollution and food safety issues. It has consequently become necessary to develop alternative methods for the control [...]

Complete Microbiological Fuel Cell: A Photosynthetic Cathode Coupled to a Fermentative Anode

Powell E.E., Bolster J.C., Hill G.A., Evitts R.W., University of Saskatchewan, CA

A completely biological microbial fuel cell (MFC), using photosynthetic growth at the cathode and yeast fermentation at the anode, has been developed and operated successfully for the first time. The photosynthetic culture, Chlorella vulgaris, was [...]

A RC-based biosystem for measuring anti-oxidizing power

Tibuzzi A., Pezzotti G., Rea G., Bianconi D., Giardi M.T., Biosensor S.r.l., IT

The goal of this work is the development of specific and sensitive biosensors for the measure of anti-oxidizing agents power, by exploiting the property of Reaction Centres complexes (RCs) to specifically recognize oxidizing chemicals (e.g. [...]