Growth and physiological responses of maize (Zea mays L.) to porous silica nanoparticles in soil

Rangaraj, Satyapal; Karunakaran, Gopalu; Yuvakkumar, R.; Periasamy, P.; Rajendran, V.; Kannan, Narayanasamy

doi:10.1007/s11051-012-1294-6

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“…3a) reveals the diffusive ring pattern corresponding to amorphous silica which is also confirmed from XRD spectra. Moreover, these characteristics of SNPs are confirmed with the results obtained for rice husk in our previous studies (Suriyaprabha et al 2012;Palanivelu et al 2014). The scanning electron micrograph of the organized silica powders illustrates the smaller and discrete particles with slight aggregation and displays spherical morphology as seen in Fig.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…However, the bamboo waste is merely low cost resource yielding high purity (99%) than RHA (97%) as evidenced from our previous investigations (Suriyaprabha et al 2012;Palanivelu et al 2014). The production cost of amorphous silica nanoparticles varies from 700 to 6000 INR based on the purity grades (Industrial, agricultural and food Grade) of the silica and precursor.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The observed sharp peak at 809 cm -1 and the short peak at 619 cm -1 reveal the existence of Si-O bending vibrations. The peak shift seen from 1052 to 1093 cm -1 assigned to an asymmetric siloxane (Si-O-Si) stretching vibration (Suriyaprabha et al 2012) signifies the arrangement of bonding structures of Si and O atoms towards smaller particle size, i.e. nanoscale (Rahman et al 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The use of silica nanoparticles are extensive in biomedical field by synthesizing as a good biocompatible nanomaterial which can be used in drug delivery (Huang et al 2014), enzyme encapsulation (Ab Wab et al 2014), stabilising agent in therapeutics (Lu et al 2010) and other therapeutic applications (Li et al 2012). In addition, agricultural application of amorphous nanosilica has also been inspected in our previous study to overcome the shortage of silica in soil as well as bio-control action in plants and to enhance morphological and physiological parameters and diseases resistance (Suriyaprabha et al 2012.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A lucrative chemical processing of bamboo leaf biomass to synthesize biocompatible amorphous silica nanoparticles of biomedical importance

Rangaraj¹,

Rajendran²

2017

Appl Nanosci

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Synthesis of silica nanoparticles from natural resources/waste via cost effective route is presently one of the anticipating strategies for extensive applications. This study reports the low-cost indigenous production of silica nanoparticles from the leftover of bamboo (leaf biomass) through thermal combustion and alkaline extraction, and examination of physico-chemical properties and yield percentage using comprehensive characterization tools. The outcome of primed silica powder exhibits amorphous particles (average size: 25 nm) with high surface area (428 m 2 g -1 ) and spherical morphology. Despite the yield percentage of silica nanoparticles from bamboo leave ash is 50.2%, which is less than rice husk ask resources (62.1%), the bamboo waste is only an inexpensive resource yielding high purity (99%). Synthesis of silica nanoparticles from natural resources/waste with the help of lucrative route is at present times one of the anticipating strategies for extensive applications. In vitro study on animal cell lines (MG-63) shows non-toxic nature of silica nanoparticles up to 125 lg mL -1 . Hence, this study highlights the feasibility for the mass production of silica nanoparticles from bamboo leave waste rather using chemical precursor of silica for drug delivery and other medical applications.

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confidence: 88%

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confidence: 94%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A lucrative chemical processing of bamboo leaf biomass to synthesize biocompatible amorphous silica nanoparticles of biomedical importance

Rangaraj¹,

Rajendran²

2017

Appl Nanosci

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“…Typically, treatment of tomato seed with nanosilica (SiO2) of 8 g L 1 not only enhanced the characteristics of seed germination but also promoted seedling growth [14]. In addition, Suriyaprabha et al (2012) reported that soil amendment with nanosilica of 15 kg ha 1 enhanced growth characteristics of maize particularly stem height, root length, leaf area and chlorophyll content [15]. They concluded that the application of nanoscale fertilizers was found to be superior to bulk silica as soil amendment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%