银纳米粒子将防治真菌病害

银纳米粒子将防治真菌病害

Large farms use various chemicals to fight fungi¹ and bacteria that attack crops, and others such as e. coli that are harmful to humans.

大规模农作物产地都会使用化学产品来抵御损害农作物的真菌和细菌，例如像大肠杆菌这些对身体有害的真菌。

Among the most potent² elements of modern pesticides³ and even some antibiotics⁴ are silver-based nanoparticles, which attach to microbes and destroy them. But as those nanoparticles degrade, they release the silver from their metallic⁵ core, which may be harmful.

当今，绝大多数杀虫剂，甚至是许多抗生素都含有银纳米颗粒，这些颗粒能够附着在细菌上，并将其摧毁。但是随着纳米粒子的不断降解，它们会从金属磁芯中释放有害的银离子。

“The effects are not, potentially maybe not so good for environment or human ingestion, so the problem is how do you potentially remove that danger from engineered nanomaterials,”

这种影响很有可能对环境和人类吸收系统不利，所以问题是我们如何从纳米材料中将危险因素隔离，”

Velev and Ph.D. student Alexander Richter discovered that silver-based nanoparticles can be replaced with non-harmful nanoparticles based on an organic polymer called lignin, naturally found in most plants.

韦列夫和博士生亚历山大·里希特发现银纳米颗粒可以被无害的纳米粒子所代替，它是一种名叫木质素的有机高分子，绝大多数植物中都能够发现这种物质。

Such nanoparticles, designated as EbNPs, also carry highly active silver ions that attach to and kill bacteria, but their core is biodegradable and not harmful to the environment.

这种纳米粒子被叫作木质芯纳米颗粒，它也含有活跃的银离子，并附着在真菌上并将其杀死，但是这种木质芯能够生物降解，并对环境无害。

“By doing so, we could actually make the nanoparticles keep their functionality but make them degradable while also reducing the amount of the silver core in the nanoparticle system,”

通过这种方法，我们既可以让纳米粒子发挥功效，也可以实现可降解，与此同时减少纳米颗粒中的银芯数量。

Based on their research, Velev and Richter founded a start-up company that will continue developing the method for industrial-grade production.

根据这项研究，韦列夫和里希特成立了公司，并将继续开发工业级产品。

“We believe that this can lead to a new generation of agricultural treatment products, that they're going to be more efficient, that they're going to use less chemicals, and that they're going to be more friendly toward the environment,”

我们相信这将生产出新一代的农业处理产品，这些产品将更加有效，减少对化学产品的使用，并更加有益于环境。

 

They say their biodegradable nanoparticles could also be used in consumer products such as disinfectants and personal hygiene⁶ items.

他们称他们的生物可降解纳米颗粒也可以使用在例如消毒剂以及个人卫生产品等消费品当中。

1 fungi   

n.真菌，霉菌

参考例句：

• Students practice to apply the study of genetics to multicellular plants and fungi.学生们练习把基因学应用到多细胞植物和真菌中。
• The lawn was covered with fungi.草地上到处都是蘑菇。

2 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

3 pesticides   

n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物

参考例句：

• vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
• There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

5 metallic   

adj.金属的；金属制的；含金属的；产金属的；像金属的

参考例句：

• A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
• He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。

6 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。