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Yin J, Su X, Yan S, Shen J. Multifunctional Nanoparticles and Nanopesticides in Agricultural Application. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13071255. [PMID: 37049348 PMCID: PMC10096623 DOI: 10.3390/nano13071255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The unscientific application of pesticides can easily cause a series of ecological environmental safety issues, which seriously restrict the sustainable development of modern agriculture. The great progress in nanotechnology has allowed the continuous development of plant protection strategies. The nanonization and delivery of pesticides offer many advantages, including their greater absorption and conduction by plants, improved efficacy, reduced dosage, delayed resistance, reduced residues, and protection from natural enemies and beneficial insects. In this review, we focus on the recent advances in multifunctional nanoparticles and nanopesticides. The definition of nanopesticides, the types of nanoparticles used in agriculture and their specific synergistic mechanisms are introduced, their safety is evaluated, and their future application prospects, about which the public is concerned, are examined.
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- Jiaming Yin
- Department of Plant Biosecurity and MARA Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Plant Quarantine Pests, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
- College of Plant Protection, Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya 572025, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
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- Department of Plant Biosecurity and MARA Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Plant Quarantine Pests, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- Department of Plant Biosecurity and MARA Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Plant Quarantine Pests, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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Shahini E, Shankar K, Tang T. Liquid-phase exfoliation of graphitic carbon nitrides studied by molecular dynamics simulation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:900-910. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Guo Z, Chakraborty S, Monikh FA, Varsou DD, Chetwynd AJ, Afantitis A, Lynch I, Zhang P. Surface Functionalization of Graphene-Based Materials: Biological Behavior, Toxicology, and Safe-By-Design Aspects. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2021; 5:e2100637. [PMID: 34288601 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202100637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The increasing exploitation of graphene-based materials (GBMs) is driven by their unique properties and structures, which ignite the imagination of scientists and engineers. At the same time, the very properties that make them so useful for applications lead to growing concerns regarding their potential impacts on human health and the environment. Since GBMs are inert to reaction, various attempts of surface functionalization are made to make them reactive. Herein, surface functionalization of GBMs, including those intentionally designed for specific applications, as well as those unintentionally acquired (e.g., protein corona formation) from the environment and biota, are reviewed through the lenses of nanotoxicity and design of safe materials (safe-by-design). Uptake and toxicity of functionalized GBMs and the underlying mechanisms are discussed and linked with the surface functionalization. Computational tools that can predict the interaction of GBMs behavior with their toxicity are discussed. A concise framing of current knowledge and key features of GBMs to be controlled for safe and sustainable applications are provided for the community.
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- Zhiling Guo
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355, India
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- Department of Environmental & Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, Joensuu, FI-80101, Finland
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, 15780, Greece
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of ChemoInformatics, NovaMechanics Ltd., Nicosia, 1046, Cyprus
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Oh Y, Choi HK, Jung H, Jin JU, Kim YK, You NH, Ku BC, Kim Y, Yu J. Analysis of the effect of organic solvent-sheet interfacial interaction on the exfoliation of sulfur-doped reduced graphene oxide sheets in a solvent system using molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:20665-20672. [PMID: 32895677 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03498c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In this study, the effect of interfacial interaction between solvent and sheets on the exfoliation of sulfur-doped reduced graphene oxide (SrGO) sheets was studied, using molecular dynamics simulations. Four organic solvents of toluene, tetrahydrofuran, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and sulfolane, were used in this simulation. An insertion simulation considering the size effect of insertion molecules was used to determine the insertion efficiency of the solvent molecules. The insertion efficiency of toluene was the best among the four solvents due to the influence of the effective thickness of the solvent. An exfoliation simulation considering electrostatic interaction was conducted to evaluate the exfoliation efficiency of the SrGO sheets. Unlike the insertion efficiency case, the sulfolane was found to have the best exfoliation efficiency among the four solvents, due to the strong electrostatic repulsion and weak attractive energy between the SrGO sheets. The exfoliation efficiency of the SrGO sheets was improved by increasing the sulfur content and the ratio of the thiol type to the total number of sulfur-doped groups. These results reveal that decreasing the attractive energy and increasing the electrostatic repulsion between the solvent and SrGO sheets are a useful way to improve the exfoliation efficiency of SrGO sheets.
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- Yuna Oh
- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea. and Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Baekje-daero 567, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabukdo, 54896, Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, South Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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- Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Baekje-daero 567, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabukdo, 54896, Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Chudong-ro 92, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabukdo, 55324, Korea.
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Yu W, Sisi L, Haiyan Y, Jie L. Progress in the functional modification of graphene/graphene oxide: a review. RSC Adv 2020; 10:15328-15345. [PMID: 35495479 PMCID: PMC9052494 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01068e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Graphene and graphene oxide have attracted tremendous interest over the past decade due to their unique and excellent electronic, optical, mechanical, and chemical properties. This review focuses on the functional modification of graphene and graphene oxide. First, the basic structure, preparation methods and properties of graphene and graphene oxide are briefly described. Subsequently, the methods for the reduction of graphene oxide are introduced. Next, the functionalization of graphene and graphene oxide is mainly divided into covalent binding modification, non-covalent binding modification and elemental doping. Then, the properties and application prospects of the modified products are summarized. Finally, the current challenges and future research directions are presented in terms of surface functional modification for graphene and graphene oxide. Graphene and graphene oxide have attracted tremendous interest over the past decade due to their unique and excellent electronic, optical, mechanical, and chemical properties.![]()
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- Wang Yu
- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Xihua University
- Chengdu City
- P. R. China
- School of Automation Engineering
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Southwest Petroleum University
- China
- Patent Examination Cooperation Sichuan Center of the Patent Office
- China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering
- Xihua University
- Chengdu City
- P. R. China
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- Petrochina Southwest Pipeline Company
- China
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