Ünlü Caner, Budak Esranur, Kestir Sacide Melek
Istanbul Technical University, Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey; and Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Chemistry, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey; and Istanbul Technical University Nanotechnology Research and Application Centre (ITUNano), Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Technical University, Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey.
Funct Plant Biol. 2022 May;49(6):444-451. doi: 10.1071/FP21136.
Quantum dots are versatile fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals with unique photophysical properties. They have been used in various research fields of biotechnology effectively for almost three decades including cell imaging, protein tracking, energy transfer, etc. With their great potential as energy donors or acceptors, quantum dots have also been used in many studies about altering growth rate and photosynthetic activity of photosynthetic organisms by manipulating their light harvesting capacity. In this review, effect of quantum dots on growth rate of photosynthetic organisms and light harvesting capacity of photosynthetic organisms were discussed in details together with toxic effects of cadmium-based and carbon-based quantum dots on photosynthetic organisms. In short, as one of the promising materials of nanotechnology, quantum dots have become one of the essential research topics in photosynthesis research area and will help researchers to manipulate natural photosynthesis in future.
量子点是具有独特光物理性质的多功能荧光半导体纳米晶体。近三十年来，它们已有效地应用于生物技术的各个研究领域，包括细胞成像、蛋白质追踪、能量转移等。由于量子点作为能量供体或受体具有巨大潜力，因此在许多关于通过操纵光合生物的光捕获能力来改变其生长速率和光合活性的研究中也得到了应用。在这篇综述中，详细讨论了量子点对光合生物生长速率和光合生物光捕获能力的影响，以及镉基和碳基量子点对光合生物的毒性作用。简而言之，作为纳米技术中一种有前途的材料，量子点已成为光合作用研究领域的重要研究课题之一，并将有助于研究人员在未来操纵自然光合作用。
