Nano-enabled strategies to enhance biological nitrogen fixation

Mingshu Li, Li Gao, Jason C. White*, Christy L. Haynes, Tana L. O’Keefe, Yukui Rui*, Sami Ullah, Zhiling Guo, Iseult Lynch, Peng Zhang*

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Abstract

Increasing the capacity of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is an effective strategy to enhance food security while simultaneously reducing the carbon and nitrogen footprint of agriculture. Nanotechnology offers several pathways to enhance BNF successfully.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Nanotechnology
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 May 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Program for Junior and Senior Researchers, Phase 2 (grant agreement no. 754340) and via the NanoSolveIT project (grant agreement no. 814572) and the BBSRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Innovation Club grant (grant no. BB/R021716/1). The Royal Society International Exchange Programs (grant nos. 1853690 and 2122860), the National Key R&D Program of China (grant nos. 2017YFD0801103 and 2017YFD0801300), and the 111 project of the Education Ministry of China (grant no. B18053) the National Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 32130081) are also acknowledged. T.L.O'K., J.C.W., and C.L.H. acknowledge the support from the National Science Foundation under grant no. CHE-2001611, the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. The CSN is part of the Centers for Chemical Innovation Program.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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