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Fractal structures and silica films formed by the Treignac water on inert and biological surfaces†
Agnès Smith,Fatima Zahra Abir,Youssef El Hafiane,Yann Launay,Céline Faugeron-Girard,Vincent Gloaguen,Thierry Devers,Anaïs Raynaud,Charlotte Moine,Jean Sainte-Laudy,Thibaud Latour,Jean-Francois Hausman,Gea Guerriero
Nanoscale Advances Pub Date : 08/12/2020 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D0NA00377H
Abstract

The Treignac water is a natural mineral water containing mainly orthosilicic acid. On inert substrates, it forms a silica film with fractal structures which cannot be reproduced in laboratory-reconstituted water. These structures form by condensation of orthosilicic acid monomers, following the Witten–Sander model of diffusion-limited aggregation. On biological surfaces, such as tomato leaves, the Treignac water forms a silica film with a different morphology and devoid of fractal structures. The filmogenic properties of this natural mineral water are here discussed in the context of crop protection, as the silica film can provide a barrier and a platform for the immobilization of elicitors of plant defense responses.

Graphical abstract: Fractal structures and silica films formed by the Treignac water on inert and biological surfaces
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