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ArticleNature materials2014

Plant nanobionics approach to augment photosynthesis and biochemical sensing.

Juan Pablo Giraldo, Markita P Landry, Sean M Faltermeier, Thomas P McNicholas, Nicole M Iverson, Ardemis A Boghossian, Nigel F Reuel, Andrew J Hilmer, Fatih Sen, Jacqueline A Brew and 1 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 200 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

200 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Juan Pablo GiraldoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Markita P LandryDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Sean M FaltermeierDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Thomas P McNicholasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Nicole M IversonDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Ardemis A Boghossian1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA [2] Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nigel F ReuelDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Andrew J HilmerDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Fatih Sen1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA [2] Department of Biochemistry, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya 43020, Turkey.
Jacqueline A BrewDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Michael S StranoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interface between plant organelles and non-biological nanostructures has the potential to impart organelles with new and enhanced functions. Here, we show that single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) passively transport and irreversibly localize within the lipid envelope of extracted plant chloroplasts, promote over three times higher photosynthetic activity than that of controls, and enhance maximum electron transport rates. The SWNT-chloroplast assemblies also enable higher rates of leaf electron transport in vivo through a mechanism consistent with augmented photoabsorption. Concentrations of reactive oxygen species inside extracted chloroplasts are significantly suppressed by delivering poly(acrylic acid)-nanoceria or SWNT-nanoceria complexes. Moreover, we show that SWNTs enable near-infrared fluorescence monitoring of nitric oxide both ex vivo and in vivo, thus demonstrating that a plant can be augmented to function as a photonic chemical sensor. Nanobionics engineering of plant function may contribute to the development of biomimetic materials for light-harvesting and biochemical detection with regenerative properties and enhanced efficiency.

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ArabidopsisBionicsChloroplastsLightNanotechnologyNanotubes, CarbonPhotosynthesisNanotubes, Carbon

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PMID24633343

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