Journal
BULLETIN OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 33, Issue 10, Pages 3218-3224Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.10.3218
Keywords
Biopolymers; Alginate; Ion exchange; Semiconductor nanoparticles
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT-Nanomedicine), New Delhi, Government of India [BT/PR10085/NNT/28/99/2007]
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Uniform and well dispersed metal sulfide semiconductor nanoparticles incorporated into matrices of alginate biopolymer are prepared by using a facile in situ method. The reaction was accomplished by impregnation of alginate with divalent metal ions followed by reaction with thioacetamide. XRD analysis showed that the nanoparticles incorporated in the polymer matrix were of cubic structure with the average particle diameter of 1.8 to 4.8 nm. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy images indicated that the particles were well dispersed and distributed uniformly in the matrices of alginate polymer. FT-IR spectra confirmed the presence of alginate in the nanocomposite. The crystalline nature and thermal stability of the alginate polymer was found to be influenced by the nature of the divalent metal ions used for the synthesis. The proposed method is considered to be a simple and greener approach for large scale synthesis of uniform sized nanoparticles.
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