Conjugated polymer nanoparticles boosting growth and photosynthesis in biohybrid plants

IF 10.7 2区材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Materials Horizons Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI:10.1039/D5MH00341E

Manuela Ciocca, Mauro Maver, Ciro Allará, Damiano Zanotelli, Soufiane Krik, Antonio Orlando, Thilo Rühle, Sabrina Walz, Theo Figueroa Gonzalez, Giovanna Gentile, Alexandros A. Lavdas, Pietro Ibba, Fabio Trevisan, Zygmunt Milosz, Melanie Timpel, Marco V. Nardi, Andrea Pedrielli, Andrea Gaiardo, Paolo Lugli, Franco Cacialli, Dario Leister, Tanja Mimmo and Luisa Petti

{"title":"Conjugated polymer nanoparticles boosting growth and photosynthesis in biohybrid plants","authors":"Manuela Ciocca, Mauro Maver, Ciro Allará, Damiano Zanotelli, Soufiane Krik, Antonio Orlando, Thilo Rühle, Sabrina Walz, Theo Figueroa Gonzalez, Giovanna Gentile, Alexandros A. Lavdas, Pietro Ibba, Fabio Trevisan, Zygmunt Milosz, Melanie Timpel, Marco V. Nardi, Andrea Pedrielli, Andrea Gaiardo, Paolo Lugli, Franco Cacialli, Dario Leister, Tanja Mimmo and Luisa Petti","doi":"10.1039/D5MH00341E","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Engineered nanomaterials integrated into photosynthetic systems could pave the way to new, exciting avenues towards biohybrid systems and renewable energy sources. Here, a biohybrid plant developed through the integration of poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanoparticles (P3HT-NPs) in Arabidopsis thaliana plants is presented. P3HT-NPs were used to enhance plant solar radiation absorption, with a spectrophotometric profile matching chlorophyll absorbance. The P3HT-NP-engineered biohybrid plants showed a 45% increase in root length, corresponding to a relevant enhancement in biomass production of up to 17% compared to the control group. The presented biohybrid plant might open a new route for improving CO2 capture and oxygen production, underscoring the transformative potential of combining nanomaterials with plant biology, and paving the way for novel biohybrid nano-engineered renewable energy sources.","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" 19","pages":" 7937-7950"},"PeriodicalIF":10.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/mh/d5mh00341e?page=search","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Horizons","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/mh/d5mh00341e","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Engineered nanomaterials integrated into photosynthetic systems could pave the way to new, exciting avenues towards biohybrid systems and renewable energy sources. Here, a biohybrid plant developed through the integration of poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanoparticles (P3HT-NPs) in Arabidopsis thaliana plants is presented. P3HT-NPs were used to enhance plant solar radiation absorption, with a spectrophotometric profile matching chlorophyll absorbance. The P3HT-NP-engineered biohybrid plants showed a 45% increase in root length, corresponding to a relevant enhancement in biomass production of up to 17% compared to the control group. The presented biohybrid plant might open a new route for improving CO₂ capture and oxygen production, underscoring the transformative potential of combining nanomaterials with plant biology, and paving the way for novel biohybrid nano-engineered renewable energy sources.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

共轭聚合物纳米颗粒促进生物杂交植物的生长和光合作用。

将工程纳米材料集成到光合系统中，可以为生物混合系统和可再生能源开辟新的、令人兴奋的道路。本文介绍了通过在拟南芥植物中整合聚（3-己基噻吩）纳米粒子（P3HT-NPs）而培育出的一种生物杂交植物。P3HT-NPs用于增强植物对太阳辐射的吸收，其分光光度曲线与叶绿素吸光度相匹配。与对照组相比，经p3ht - np工程处理的生物杂交植株的根长增加了45%，相应的生物质产量增加了17%。这种生物杂交植物可能为改善二氧化碳捕获和氧气生产开辟了一条新的途径，强调了纳米材料与植物生物学结合的变革潜力，并为新型生物杂交纳米工程可再生能源铺平了道路。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Materials Horizons CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CiteScore

18.90

自引率

2.30%

发文量

306

审稿时长

1.3 months

期刊介绍： Materials Horizons is a leading journal in materials science that focuses on publishing exceptionally high-quality and innovative research. The journal prioritizes original research that introduces new concepts or ways of thinking, rather than solely reporting technological advancements. However, groundbreaking articles featuring record-breaking material performance may also be published. To be considered for publication, the work must be of significant interest to our community-spanning readership. Starting from 2021, all articles published in Materials Horizons will be indexed in MEDLINE©. The journal publishes various types of articles, including Communications, Reviews, Opinion pieces, Focus articles, and Comments. It serves as a core journal for researchers from academia, government, and industry across all areas of materials research. Materials Horizons is a Transformative Journal and compliant with Plan S. It has an impact factor of 13.3 and is indexed in MEDLINE.