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Physical and Chemical Nature of Nanoparticles

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Nanoparticles have some specific features, including physical properties, chemical properties, merits, and demerits, which have drawn much attention for their application in nanobiotechnology. This chapter explains the state of the art of different properties of nanoparticles and their potential beneficial roles. In addition, this chapter discusses on the research on nanoparticles essentiality for plants and describes the current knowledge concerning the key nanoparticles with important studies for their future applications.

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  1. Nano Research Facility (NNIN-NSF), School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Sanmathi Chavalmane Subbenaik

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  1. (ICRCGC), Int. Climate Resilient Crop Genom. Cons. (ICRCGC), Kalyani, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, India

    Chittaranjan Kole

  2. Grad. School of Interdisc. New Science Bio Nano Electronics Research Center, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Japan

    D. Sakthi Kumar

  3. Dep of Applied Science, Univ of Arkansas - Little Rock Dep of Applied Science, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

    Mariya V. Khodakovskaya

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Subbenaik, S.C. (2016). Physical and Chemical Nature of Nanoparticles. In: Kole, C., Kumar, D., Khodakovskaya, M. (eds) Plant Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42154-4_2

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