Upconversion nanoparticles dramatically promote plant growth without toxicity

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 770-782

  Peng, Juanjuan ^a   Sun, Yun ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xianzhong ^b   Li, Fuyou ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

distribution; metabolism; mung beans; toxicity; Upconversion nanophosphors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869864382     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0261-y     Document Type: Article

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