Participating date: March 11, 2021
Schedule: 12:45 – 1:00 pm // 1:05 – 1:20 pm
General Description:
Semiconductor quantum dots like zinc sulfide have interesting potential applications, consequent to their size-dependent optical properties. These nanostructures can be used on nanofertilizers, photodegradation, environmental chemistry, fluorescence microscopy, among others. The great rise in nanotechnology has sparked interest in the scientific community in nanomaterials for the use of agriculture. Which has been proved to have efficient results on plants which can benefit communities. We will be working with Lactuca sativa since it is one of the most used legumes in the world. This work had four objectives: 1) production Zinc-based nanomaterials doped and undoped; 2) characterize nanomaterials; 3) study the percentage of germination with different nanomaterials; and, 4) evaluate translocation of nanomaterials and growth in lettuce. The different concentrations of nanoparticles, in a range from 0ppm to 250ppm, in our plants have shown increments in the quantification tests that have been made.
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Interested Majors
Química, Biología, Ingeniería Química, Biotecnología, Microbiología
Level of Education
Undergraduate
Professor/Advisor
Dra. Martha L. Lopez-Moreno
Schedule
Participating date: March 11, 2021
Schedule: 12:45 – 1:00 pm // 1:05 – 1:20 pm
Google Meet Link
carla.quiles@upr.edu