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Carbon Nanotubes work as Plant Growth Inducer!

                                                      http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/g2681/plant-leaves/ Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)  are not only an alloptrope of carbon but also an important materials in biological sciences. There are several unique properties of carbon nanotubes.They show extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties. Moreover they work as efficient conductors of heat. They take their names from their size, since the diameter of a nanotube is on the order of a few nanometers. They are approximately 50,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Furthermore, they can be up to several millimeters in length. Beside these important properties,  carbon nanotubes  induce plant cell growth. For example, Tomato plant grown in soil supplemented with CNTs produce two times more flowers and fru...

Carbon Nanotubes work as Plant Growth Inducer!

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)  are not only an alloptrope of carbon but also an important materials in biological sciences. There are several unique properties of carbon nanotubes.They show extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties. Moreover they work as efficient conductors of heat. They take their names from their size, since the diameter of a nanotube is on the order of a few nanometers. They are approximately 50,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. Furthermore, they can be up to several millimeters in length. Beside these important properties, carbon nanotubes  induce plant cell growth . For example, Tomato plant grown in soil supplemented with CNTs produce two times more   flowers and fruit  compared to plants grown in control soil (Khodakovskaya et al, 2012). Another experimental data from Tiwari et al. (2013) stated that while carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been shown to dramatically  improve germination  of some comestib...