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Multi-walled Carbon nanotube, its role and implications in biological systems are currently under evaluation and became interesting for many researchers primarily working on the interface of chemistry, physics and biology. However, concerns about the potential toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes have been raised. To carry such affords, herein we investigate the effects of carboxylic acid functionalized water soluble carbon nanotube (wsCNT) on the growth of gram Cicer arietinum plant. The growth of gram plants was observed with and without the presence of wsCNT to demonstrate that carboxylated functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes showed better growth and under more wsCNT, the growth was enhanced without showing apparent toxicity. Although this is a preliminary study with a small group of plants, our results encourage further confirmation studies with larger groups of plants.
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Tripathi, S., Sonkar, S., Kumar, A. et al. Water soluble carbon nanotubes affect growth of the common gram (Cicer arietinum). Nat Prec (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.4056.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.4056.1