Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 17, Issue 12, Pages 7951-7961Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04369
Keywords
Plant nanobionics; nanoparticles; pressurized bath infusion of nanoparticles (PBIN); light-emitting plant; chemiluminescence
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- U.S. Department of Energy [0000215305]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [P2ELP3_162149]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [P2ELP3_162149] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The engineering of living plants for visible light emission and sustainable illumination is compelling because plants possess independent energy generation and storage mechanisms and autonomous self-repair. Herein, we demonstrate a plant nanobionic approach that enables exceptional luminosity and lifetime utilizing four chemically interacting nanoparticles, including firefly luciferase conjugated silica (SNP-Luc), D-luciferin releasing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA-LH2), coenzyme A functionalized chitosan (CS-CoA) and semiconductor nanocrystal phosphors for longer wave-length modulation. An in vitro kinetic model incorporating the release rates of the nanoparticles is developed to maximize the chemiluminescent lifetimes to exceed 21.5 h. In watercress (Nasturtium officinale) and other species, the nanoparticles circumvent limitations such as luciferin toxicity above 400 mu M and colocalization of enzymatic reactions near high adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production. Pressurized bath infusion of nanoparticles (PBIN) is introduced to deliver a mixture of nanoparticles to the entire living plant, well described using a nanofluidic mathematical model. We rationally design nanoparticle size and charge to control localization within distinct tissues compartments with 10 nm nanoparticles localizing within the leaf mesophyll and stomata guard cells, and those larger than 100 nm segregated in the leaf mesophyll. The results are mature watercress plants that emit greater than 1.44 X 10(12) photons/sec or 50% of 1 mu W commercial luminescent diodes and modulate off and on states by chemical addition of dehydroluciferin and coenzyme A, respectively. We show that CdSe nanocrystals can shift the chemiluminescent emission to 760 nm enabling near infrared (nIR) signaling. These results advance the viability of nanobionic plants as self-powered photonics, direct and indirect light sources.
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