Speaker
Mr
Sijie Lin
(Clemson University, USA)
Description
With the rapid development of nanotechnology engineered
nanoparticles will eventually enter the environment. The
interactions between engineered nanoparticles with naturally
organic molecules, aquatic organisms, and plant species
determine the fate of these nanoparticles in ecological
systems and the food chain, and present vast new
opportunities for multidisciplinary research. In this
presentation, the effects of adsorption of semiconducting
quantum dots on the photoactivities of algae, one type of
single-celled plants, will be discussed. The solubility of
carbon-based nanoparticles, from fullerene C70 to
multiwalled carbon nanotubes, will be compared in natural
organic matter with respect to their morphology. Using rice
and pepper plants as model systems, experimental results
showing the uptake, translocation and generational
transmission of fullerene C70 will be presented.
Primary author
Mr
Sijie Lin
(Clemson University, USA)
