An obtaining of sulfur nanoparticles by hydrothermal method in aqueous solution of L-cysteine, citrate ions, and sodium sulfide is proposed. The optical properties of the obtained sulfur nanoparticles have been studied by UV-Visible absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Transmission and scanning electron microscopies and atomic force microscopy indicate that sulfur nanoparticles are quasi-spherical, their diameter depends on heat treatment time reaching an average size of 28 nm after 8 h of heating at 378 K. The nanoparticles exhibit photoluminescence in the range from 388 to 515 nm depending on the excitation wavelength. The obtained colloid systems have lasting sedimentation stability and high photoluminescence intensity, which make them promising for further wide application.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
S. Shankar, L. Jaiswal, and J.-Wh. Rhim, Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51, No. 20, 2329-2356 (2020).
X.-Y. **e, W.-J. Zheng, Y. Bai, and J. Liu, Mater. Lett., 63, No. 16, 1374-1376 (2009).
R. G. Chaudhuri and S. Paria, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 343, No. 2, 439-446 (2010).
Y. Guo, J. Zhao, S. Yang, K. Yu, et al., Powder Technol., 162, No. 2, 83-86 (2006).
A. S. Deshpande, R. B. Khomane, B. K. Vaidya, et al., Nanoscale Res. Lett., 3, No. 6, 221-229 (2008).
M. Shamsipur, S. M. Pourmortazavi, M. Roushani, et al., Microchim. Acta., 173, Nos. 3-4, 445-451 (2011).
X. Z. Cheng, K. Cheng, J. Liu, and X. F. Sun, Mater. Sci. Forum., 675-677, 279-282 (2011).
A. M. Awwad, N. M. Salem, and A. O. Abdeen, Adv. Mater. Lett., 6, No. 5, 432-435 (2015).
V. J. Kouzegaran and K. Farhadi, Micro Nano Lett., 12, No. 5, 329-334 (2017).
P. Paralikar and M. Rai, IET Nanobiotechnol., 12, No. 1, 25-31 (2018).
N. M. Salem, L. S. Albanna, A. M. Awwad, et al., J. Agric. Sci., 8, No. 1, 188 (2015).
Sh. Li, D. Chen, F. Zheng, et al., Adv. Funct. Mater., 24, No. 45, 7133-7138 (2014).
L. Shen, H. Wang, Sh. Liu, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, No. 25, 7878-7884 (2018).
H. Wang, Zh. Wang, Y. **ong, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, No. 21, 7040-7044 (2019).
Y. Song, J. Tan, G. Wang, et al., Chem. Sci., 3, No. 11, 772-777 (2020).
Ch. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. Ji, et al., Chem. Commun., 55, 13004-13007 (2019).
L. **ao, Q. Du, Yi Huang, et al., ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2, No. 10, 6622-6628 (2019).
Sh. Liu, H. Wang, A. Feng, et al., Nanoscale Adv., 3, 4271-4275 (2021).
P. Gao, G. Wang, and L. Zhou, ChemPhotoChem., 4, No. 11, 5235-5244 (2020).
Y. Sheng, Zh. Huang, Qi Zhong, et al., Nanoscale, 13, 2519-2526 (2021).
K. Ning, Y. Sun, J. Liu, et al., Molecules, 27, No. 9, 2882 (2022).
D. Xu, R. Jiao, Y. Sun, et al., Nanoscale Res. Lett., 11, No. 444, 1-10 (2016).
X.-L. Liu, Y.-J. Zhu, Q. Zhang, et al., Mater. Res. Bull., 47, No. 12, 4263-4265 (2012).
H.-T. Liu, J.-S. Zhong, X.-J. Liang, and J.-F. Zhang, J. Inorg. Mater., 26, No. 11, 1221-1226 (2011).
Zh. Wang, Ch. Zhang, H. Wang, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, No. 25, 9997-10002 (2020).
A. Misak, L. Kurakova, Ed. Goffa, et al., Molecules, 24, No. 6, 1148 (2019).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Translated from Teoretychna ta Eksperymentalna Khimiya, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 108-113, March-April, 2023.
Rights and permissions
Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
About this article
Cite this article
Pylypko, V.G., Fochuk, P.M. Obtaining of Luminescent Sulfur Nanoparticles in the L-Cysteine–Citrate–Sodium Sulfide System. Theor Exp Chem 59, 120–125 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-023-09771-8
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-023-09771-8