Research Article

Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Nanostructured Materials of Titanium Dioxide Doped with Silver and/or Copper and Their Effects on Arabidopsis thaliana

Table 1

Treatments of exposition of A. thaliana to NSM.

TreatmentA. thalianaExposure medium Exposure timeParameter

1SeedsH2O distilled24 hGermination and development
Phosphate buffer pH 5.7

2Seeds-seedlingsH2O distilled 1 weekElongation of seedling
MS liquid

3 Two-day-old seedlingsH2O distilled 24 hElongation of seedling

Exposure media were supplemented with 0, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg/mL of NSM (Ag@TiO2 or TiO2-Cu2+), 0.015 mM Ag0, or 1 mM CuSO4.