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Title:Tuning the thermal diffusivity of the seed matter for enhanced biosynthesis: A thermal lens study
Authors:ID Swapna, Mohanachandran Nair Sindhu, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA (Author)
ID S, Sankararaman, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA (Author)
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Language:English
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Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:The thermodynamics of the seed matter after imbibition is highly significant as the growth and germination involve complex biochemical exergonic process. The germination of seed and compositional variation of the seed matter has always been a fascinating field of research. The present work unveils the thermodynamics associated with the changing thermal diffusivity of the seed matter through the green technology-based single-beam thermal lens technique. Investigations are carried out in Vigna radiata seeds, germinating in media with and without carbon allotropes, through various spectroscopic techniques. The morphology of the soot and carbon allotropes is understood from the field emission scanning electron microscope images. The thermal lens study throws light into the energy trapping nature of the seed matter of the seed growing in carbon allotropic media which facilitates biosynthesis. The observed increased rate of growth of the seed is substantiated through the ultraviolet–visible–near-infrared (NIR), Fourier transform infrared, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopic analyses. The NIR and PL studies also reveal the formation of chlorophyll molecule during germination. Thus, the study suggests a mechanism for tuning the thermal diffusivity of the seed matter as to trap the biochemical energy to facilitate the further biosynthesis and thereby to enhance the growth rate.
Keywords:seed matter, thermal diffusivity, thermal lens, carbon nanoparticle, soot
Publication version:Version of Record
Year of publishing:2020
Number of pages:14
Numbering:2, 135
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-7411 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:113684995 New window
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00253-7 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:QL3IGM9O
Publication date in RUNG:04.07.2022
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SWAPNA, Mohanachandran Nair Sindhu and S, Sankararaman, 2020, Tuning the thermal diffusivity of the seed matter for enhanced biosynthesis: A thermal lens study. The European Physical Journal Plus [online]. 2020. Vol. 2, no. 135. [Accessed 26 March 2025]. DOI https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00253-7. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.ung.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=7411
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Title:The European Physical Journal Plus
Publisher:SPRINGER
Year of publishing:2020
ISSN:2190-5444

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