Physicochemical Interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles and Plants

A Systemic Approach

Guadalupe De La Rosa, Jose Peralta-Videa, Jose R. Peralta-Videa

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780323905589
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323906784
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

Physicochemical Interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles and Plants: A Systemic Approach, Volume Four in the Nanomaterial-Plant Interactions series, presents foundational information on how ENMs interact with the surrounding environment. Key themes include source, fate and transport of ENMs in the environment, biophysicochemical transformations of ENMs, and chemical reactions and mechanisms of ENMs transport in plants. This book is an essential read for any scientist or researcher looking to understand the molecular interactions between ENMs and Plants. Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) reach plant ecosystems through intentional or unintentional pathways. In any case, after release, these materials may be transformed in the environment by physical, chemical and biochemical processes. Once in contact with plant systems, biotransformation may still occur, affecting or stimulating plant metabolism. Since plants are the producers to the food chain, it is of paramount importance to understand these mechanisms at the molecular level. - Presents data, predictions and modeling regarding the presence of ENMs in air, water and soil - Explains, at the molecular level, the biogeochemical cycle of ENMs before plant exposure - Focuses on the reactions and mechanisms of ENMs and plants

Table of contents

• Physicochemical Interactions of Engineered Nanoparticles and Plants
• Chapter 1 Understanding the interactions of engineered nanomaterials and plants: A systemic perspective
• Chapter 2 Source, fate and transport of ENMs in the environment, especially those that may eventually reach plant systems
• Chapter 3 Characterization of ENMs in water, soil, and plant media
• Chapter 4 Biophysicochemical transformations of ENMs in soil
• Chapter 5 Biophysicochemical transformations of ENMs in water
• Chapter 6 Biophysicochemical transformations of ENMs in air
• Chapter 7 Biophysicochemical transformation of ENMs at root level
• Chapter 8 Biointeractions of plants–microbes–engineered nanomaterials
• Chapter 9 Chemical transformation and mechanisms of ENMs transport in plants
• Chapter 10 Biotransformation in leaves of foliar applied ENMs
• Chapter 11 Potential toxicity and bioavailability of ENMs and their products in plant tissues
• Chapter 12 Accumulation of engineered nanomaterials by plants: environmental implications
• Index