All chemicals and reagents were of analytical grade and used without any further purification: zinc acetylacetonate hydrate, Zn(acac)
2 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA,
M = 263.61 g/mol), Oleylamine (C
18H
35NH
2), OAm (Merck, Rahway, NJ, USA,
M = 267.493 g/mol),
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (CH
3(CH
2)
11SO
4Na), SDS (Sigma-Aldrich, ≥99%,
M = 288.38 g/mol), triethylene glycol, TrEG (Merck, ≥99%,
M = 150.17 g/mol),
diethyl ether (Merck, ≥99%,
M = 74.12 g/mol), geraniol, trans-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol (Sigma-Aldrich, 98%,
M = 154.25 g/mol),
Milli-Q water, phosphate buffer solution, PBS (Gibco by Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA, pH 7.2, 10X), potato dextrose agar, PDA (BD Difco, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA, Luna
® Sensation SC Fungicide (Bayer Crop Science, Leverkusen, Germany, fluopyram 250 g/L and trifloxystrobin 250 g/L), and methanol (SD-Fine).
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