Analysis of plant cuticles and their interactions with agrochemical surfactants using a 3D printed diffusion chamber.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decades of research is available on their effects of single component surfactant on active ingredient diffusion across plant cuticular membranes, but ingredient diffusion is rarely analysed in the presence of commercial surfactants. Also, diffusion studies require expensive or specialized apparatus the  fabrication of which often requires skilled labour and specialized facilities. In this research we have addressed both problems where the effects of four commercially available surfactants on a known tracer molecule were investigated using a 3D printed customized diffusion chamber.

Results

As a proof-of-concept a customized 3D printed diffusion chamber was devised using two different thermoplastics and was successfully used in a range of diffusion tests . The effec

SUBMITTER: Vittal LVM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature