Ivana Milenković

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Belgrade

Crop yield increases with a sustained increase in leaf photosynthesis. Due to many limitations, plants do not sufficiently use their photosynthetic capacity. Carbon dots (CDs) have a high light harvest capability, which may be used to improve the photosynthe-sis efficiency of plants. In this study, nontoxic orange CDs (o-CDs) were foliarly applied...

Continuous increasing leaf photosynthesis may enhance plant yield. As an evolutionary property, plants use less photosynthetic capacity than is theoretically possible. Plant nanobionics is a bioengineering field that improves plant functions using nanoparticles. We applied orange carbon dots (o-CDs) onto the foliage of green beans (Phaseolus vulgar...

Carbon dots are biocompatible and non-toxic nanoparticles with chemical affinity to some heavy metals. Human activities increase soil pollution with copper. Cu is an essential microelement in plants, but excess can induce a harmful effects. In plant response to Cu, the cell wall plays an important role. This study aims to estimate possible ameliora...

Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nCeO2) have widespread applications, but they can be hazardous to the environment. Some reports indicate the toxic effect of nCeO2 on tested animals, but literature data are mainly contradictory. Coating of nCeO2 can improve their suspension stability and change their interaction with the environment, which can consequen...

Literature data about semi‐volatile organic compounds in plants and the effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on them are scarce. Surface modification of nanoparticles may change nanoparticle‐environment interaction, and therefore affects compounds in plants. In this research, uncoated and glucose‐, levan‐ and pullulan‐coated cerium oxide nanopartic...

Reports about the influence of cerium-oxide nanoparticles (nCeO2) on plants are contradictory due to their positive and negative effects on plants. Surface modification may affect the interaction of nCeO2 with the environment, and hence its availability to plants. In this study, the uncoated and glucose-, levan-, and pullulan-coated nCeO2 were synt...

Carbon dots (CDs) are popular or emerging nanomaterials which found application in many fields such as drug delivery, optoelectronics and imaging due to their high solubility, low cost and easiness of their functionalization. Their effect on plants is not sufficiently investigated, so it is necessary to investigate their ecotoxicity. In this resear...

Carbon Dots (CDs) were obtained using a hydrothermal method and used for the detection of fingerprints through fluorescent imaging. Synthesized CDs exhibited a brightness emission at 495 nm, which was related to their structural and chemical properties. The results of detailed surface characterizations by XPS, ss-NMR and fluorescence spectroscopies...

Cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles (CONPs) are interesting biomaterials with various applications in biomedicine, cosmetics and the pharmaceutical industry, but with limited practical application because of their low stability in aqueous media. The aim of this study was to obtain CONPs with increased stability by coating the particles. Microbial exo...