The Oxidation and Functionalization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Fluorescein-isothiocyanate Improve Germination and Early Development of Avena sativa.

Abstract

The use of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in plant systems has been extensively studied in the last decade, however, the structural modification of these nanoparticles changes the effects when interacting with biological systems, so this work gives us more information on the effects of the oxidation and functionalization of the MWCNTs, where these nanoparticles increased the speed of germination as well as the total germination and in the same way improved the biomass of the plant.