Round-shape gold nanoparticles: effect of particle size and concentration on Arabidopsis thaliana root growth

Abstract Nowadays, due to a wide range of applications of nanoparticles (NPs) in many industrial areas, accumulations of those entities in environment pose a great risk. Owing to their inertness, noble metal NPs may remain in contaminated soils nearly unchanged for long time. Within this context, si...

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Main Authors: Jakub Siegel, Kamil Záruba, Václav Švorčík, Kristýna Kroumanová, Lenka Burketová, Jan Martinec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Nanoscale Research Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-018-2510-9