Syracuse researchers boost algae productivity with nanoparticles
In New York, researchers at Syracuse University have developed a method to make algae grow faster by manipulating light particles through the use of nanobiotechnology, and detail the method in an article published in this month’s Nature magazine.
Their technique utilizes nanoparticles to scatter blue light, and the team found that by varying nanoparticle size and amount, they had developed a mechnism for tuning the wavelength of light, and optimizing it for algal growth. The team used Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and silver nanoparticles in their bench-scale bioreactor experiments.
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