A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites
Bionic composites are an emerging class of materials produced exploiting living organisms as reactors to include synthetic functional materials in their native and highly performing structures. In this work, single wall carboxylated carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-COOH) were incorporated within the roots of...
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| author | Giulia Magnabosco Maria F. Pantano Stefania Rapino Matteo Di Giosia Francesco Valle Ludovic Taxis Francesca Sparla Giuseppe Falini Nicola M. Pugno Nicola M. Pugno Matteo Calvaresi |
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| description | Bionic composites are an emerging class of materials produced exploiting living organisms as reactors to include synthetic functional materials in their native and highly performing structures. In this work, single wall carboxylated carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-COOH) were incorporated within the roots of living plants of Arabidopsis thaliana. This biogenic synthetic route produced a bionic composite material made of root components and SWCNT-COOH. The synthesis was possible exploiting the transport processes existing in the plant roots. Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) measurements showed that SWCNT-COOH entered the vascular bundles of A. thaliana roots localizing within xylem vessels. SWCNT-COOH preserved their electrical properties when embedded inside the root matrix, both at a microscopic level and a macroscopic level, and did not significantly affect the mechanical properties of A. thaliana roots. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4ab58bf125141f885d0a89cb0ae59502022-12-22T00:30:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852020-11-01810.3389/fbioe.2020.560349560349A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic NanocompositesGiulia Magnabosco0Maria F. Pantano1Stefania Rapino2Matteo Di Giosia3Francesco Valle4Ludovic Taxis5Francesca Sparla6Giuseppe Falini7Nicola M. Pugno8Nicola M. Pugno9Matteo Calvaresi10Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician,” Alma mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Bio-Inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials and Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician,” Alma mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician,” Alma mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyIstituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Bio-Inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials and Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician,” Alma mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyLaboratory of Bio-Inspired, Bionic, Nano, Meta Materials and Mechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, ItalySchool of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United KingdomDipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician,” Alma mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyBionic composites are an emerging class of materials produced exploiting living organisms as reactors to include synthetic functional materials in their native and highly performing structures. In this work, single wall carboxylated carbon nanotubes (SWCNT-COOH) were incorporated within the roots of living plants of Arabidopsis thaliana. This biogenic synthetic route produced a bionic composite material made of root components and SWCNT-COOH. The synthesis was possible exploiting the transport processes existing in the plant roots. Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) measurements showed that SWCNT-COOH entered the vascular bundles of A. thaliana roots localizing within xylem vessels. SWCNT-COOH preserved their electrical properties when embedded inside the root matrix, both at a microscopic level and a macroscopic level, and did not significantly affect the mechanical properties of A. thaliana roots.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.560349/fullbionic synthesisnanobio compositenanobio interactionscarbon nanotubesplant nanobioreactor |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Magnabosco Maria F. Pantano Stefania Rapino Matteo Di Giosia Francesco Valle Ludovic Taxis Francesca Sparla Giuseppe Falini Nicola M. Pugno Nicola M. Pugno Matteo Calvaresi A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology bionic synthesis nanobio composite nanobio interactions carbon nanotubes plant nanobioreactor |
| title | A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites |
| title_full | A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites |
| title_fullStr | A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites |
| title_short | A Plant Bioreactor for the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Bionic Nanocomposites |
| title_sort | plant bioreactor for the synthesis of carbon nanotube bionic nanocomposites |
| topic | bionic synthesis nanobio composite nanobio interactions carbon nanotubes plant nanobioreactor |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.560349/full |
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