Synthesis and characterization of Bi2S3 composite nanoparticles with high X-ray absorption

  • Huan Huan Huang
  • , Jun Chen
  • , Yuan Zheng Meng
  • , Xiao Quan Yang
  • , Ming Zhen Zhang
  • , Yong Yu
  • , Zhi Ya Ma
  • , Yuan Di Zhao

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Abstract

Owing to the high X-ray absorption, Bi2S3 nanocrystals are widely used as CT contrast agents. Here, we prepared uniform Bi2S3 nanorods via a hot injection method using bismuth (III) chloride, sulfur and oleyl amine. The resulting nanocrystals were coated with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and 2-[methoxy(polyethyleneoxy)propyl] yrimethoxysilane (PEG-silane) for the biological utility. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results showed that the Bi 2S3 nanorods had an orthorhombic structure with the length of 14 nm and the diameter of 7 nm, respectively. Composite nanoparticles (0.0226 M) gave a CT number at 550 (HU), which was higher than that of the commercial available iobitridol CT contrast agent. Furthermore, cell experiments revealed that Bi2S3 composite nanoparticles had a low cytotoxicity with a concentration up to 0.01 M of Bi for 24 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3800-3804
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume48
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Nanostructures
  • B. Chemical synthesis
  • C. Photoelectron spectroscopy
  • D. Surface properties

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