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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 17, Pages 9777-9784Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02111
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- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under NSF [EF-1266252]
- Nano for Agriculturally Relevant Materials (NanoFARM) [CBET-1530563]
- NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Nanotechnology Environmental Effects and Policy (IGERT-NEEP) [DGE-0966227]
- [MCF-677785]
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Utilization of nanoparticles (NP) in agriculture as fertilizers or pesticides fluorescence (mu-XRF) and imaging fluorescence X-ray absorption near edge roots. Higher solubility Cu(OH)(2) NPs provided more uptake of Cu after 1 h of a Cu-free medium for 48 h. Fresh, hydrated roots were analyzed using micro X-ray spectroscopy (XANES imaging) to provide laterally resolved distribution and speciation of Cu in requires an understanding of the NP properties influencing their interactions with plant roots. To evaluate the influence of the solubility of Cu-based NP on Cu uptake and NP association with plant roots, wheat seedlings were hydroponically exposed to 1 mg/L of Cu NPs with different solubilities [CuO, CuS, and Cu(OH)(2)] for 1 h then transferred to exposure, but the lower solubility materials (CuO and CuS) were more persistent on the roots and continued to deliver Cu to plant leaves over the 48 h depuration period. These results demonstrate that NPs, by associating to the roots, have the potential to play a role in slowly providing micronutrients to plants. Thus, tuning the solubility of NPs may provide a long-term slow delivery of micronutrients to plants and provide important information for understanding mechanisms responsible for plant uptake, transformation, and translocation of NPs.
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