Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots and Their Effects on Crop Seed Germination and Seedling Growth.

ABSTRACT: Nanomaterials are helping to transform agricultural production, playing a crucial role in achieving sustainable development, increasing crop yields, and addressing the safety of fertilizer use. The advantages of carbon dots (CDs) in the application of new agriculture are apparent. This study combined the advantages of CDs to explore the positive effects of CDs doped with essential elements on plant growth. In this regard, for the first time, we prepared nitrogen-doped CDs (N-CDs) with blue fluorescence emission by a microwave reaction with succinic acid using m-phenylenediamine (MPD) as the nitrogen source, and studied their effects on crop growth and development. The morphology, structure, and fluorescence properties of the N-CDs were analyzed using various characterization methods

SUBMITTER: Xu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461396 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature