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Nano Research 2019, 12(7): 1585-1593 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2397-5
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Enhanced RuBisCO activity and promoted dicotyledons growth with degradable carbon dots

Show Author's Information Hao Li1,  Jian Huang2,  Yang Liu1( ),  Fang Lu4,  Jun Zhong1,  Yong Wang3,  Shuiming Li3,  Yeshayahu Lifshitz1,5( ),  Shuit-Tong Lee1,  Zhenhui Kang1( )
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM),Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University,Suzhou,215123,China;
School of biology & basic medical sciences,Soochow university,Suzhou,215123,China;
College of Life Science and Oceanography,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Ecology, Shenzhen University,Shenzhen,518060,China;
School of Basic Medical Sciences,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,100029,China;
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion,Israel Institute of Technology,Haifa,3200003,Israel;
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carbon dots, bio-degradation, photosynthesis, plant life cycle, improve growth
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The ~ 5 nm degradable carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized directly from carbon rod by a one-step electrochemical method at room temperature. The as-prepared CDs can effectively enhance the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RuBisCO) activity, and then promote the dicotyledons growth (soybean, tomato, eggplant and so on) and finally increase their yields. Here, we used Arabidopsis thaliana and Trifolium repens L. as model plants to systematically study the beneficial effects of CDs on plant growth. These include: (i) accelerating seed germination; (ii) enlarging root elongation; (iii) increasing metal ions absorption and delivery; (iv) improving enzymes activity; (v) enhancing the carbohydrate content; (vi) degradation into plant hormone analogues and CO2; and finally (vii) enhancing the grain production by about 20%.


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Enhanced RuBisCO activity and promoted dicotyledons growth with degradable carbon dots

Show Author's information Hao Li1, Jian Huang2, Yang Liu1( ), Fang Lu4, Jun Zhong1, Yong Wang3, Shuiming Li3, Yeshayahu Lifshitz1,5( ), Shuit-Tong Lee1, Zhenhui Kang1( )
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM),Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University,Suzhou,215123,China;
School of biology & basic medical sciences,Soochow university,Suzhou,215123,China;
College of Life Science and Oceanography,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Ecology, Shenzhen University,Shenzhen,518060,China;
School of Basic Medical Sciences,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing,100029,China;
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion,Israel Institute of Technology,Haifa,3200003,Israel;

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The ~ 5 nm degradable carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized directly from carbon rod by a one-step electrochemical method at room temperature. The as-prepared CDs can effectively enhance the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (RuBisCO) activity, and then promote the dicotyledons growth (soybean, tomato, eggplant and so on) and finally increase their yields. Here, we used Arabidopsis thaliana and Trifolium repens L. as model plants to systematically study the beneficial effects of CDs on plant growth. These include: (i) accelerating seed germination; (ii) enlarging root elongation; (iii) increasing metal ions absorption and delivery; (iv) improving enzymes activity; (v) enhancing the carbohydrate content; (vi) degradation into plant hormone analogues and CO2; and finally (vii) enhancing the grain production by about 20%.

Keywords: carbon dots, bio-degradation, photosynthesis, plant life cycle, improve growth

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Received: 27 November 2018
Revised: 30 March 2019
Accepted: 01 April 2019
Published: 15 April 2019
Issue date: July 2019

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This work is supported by the National MCF Energy R & D Program (No. 2018YFE0306105), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51725204, 51572179, 21771132, and 21471106), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20161216), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science & Technology, the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), and the 111 Project.

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