INQUIMAE 12526
INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA, FISICA DE LOS MATERIALES, MEDIOAMBIENTE Y ENERGIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
CeO2 nanoparticles for the protection of photosynthetic organisms immobilized in silica gels
Autor/es:
CLÉMENCE SICARD; MERCEDES PERULLINI; CECILIA SPEDALIERI; THIBAUD CORADIN; ROBERTA BRAYNER; JACQUES LIVAGE; MATÍAS JOBBÁGY; SARA A. BILMES
Revista:
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Editorial:
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 6 p. 1374 - 1378
ISSN:
0897-4756
Resumen:
Synthetic cytocompatible CeO2 nanoparticles embedded in transparent silica hydrogels are useful for creating inorganic supports favoring the long-term entrapment of living Chlorella vulgaris cells. The key protective role of nanoparticles is twofold: (1) They efficiently absorb harmful UV radiation without scattering the useful visible one. (2) They limit oxidative stress damage, such as that induced by H2O2, thanks to the surface redox Ce3+-Ce4+ reactivity of nanoparticles.
