Altering natural photosynthesis through quantum dots: effect of quantum dots on viability, light harvesting capacity and growth of photosynthetic organisms
Caner Ünlü
A B C * , Esranur Budak A and Sacide Melek Kestir A
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A Istanbul Technical University, Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey.
B Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Chemistry, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey.
C Istanbul Technical University Nanotechnology Research and Application Centre (ITUNano), Istanbul, Turkey.
Functional Plant Biology - https://doi.org/10.1071/FP21136
Submitted: 30 April 2021 Accepted: 28 January 2022 Published online: 21 February 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Quantum dots are versatile fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals with unique photophysical properties. They have been used in various research fields of biotechnology effectively for almost three decades including cell imaging, protein tracking, energy transfer, etc. With their great potential as energy donors or acceptors, quantum dots have also been used in many studies about altering growth rate and photosynthetic activity of photosynthetic organisms by manipulating their light harvesting capacity. In this review, effect of quantum dots on growth rate of photosynthetic organisms and light harvesting capacity of photosynthetic organisms were discussed in details together with toxic effects of cadmium-based and carbon-based quantum dots on photosynthetic organisms. In short, as one of the promising materials of nanotechnology, quantum dots have become one of the essential research topics in photosynthesis research area and will help researchers to manipulate natural photosynthesis in future.
Keywords: agriculture, bioenergetics, biophysics, energy transfer, greenhouses, light reactions, plant growth, quantum dots.
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