Unraveling the Formation of Ternary AgCuSe Crystalline Nanophases and Their Potential as Antibacterial Agents.

ABSTRACT: AgCuSe nanoparticles could contribute to the growth of strongly light-absorbing thin films and solids with fast ion mobility, among other potential properties. Nevertheless, few methods have been developed so far for the synthesis of AgCuSe nanoparticles, and those reported deliver nanostructures with relatively large sizes and broad size and shape distributions. In this work, a colloidal cation exchange method is established for the easy synthesis of AgCuSe NPs with ca. 8 nm diameters and narrow size dispersion. Notably, in this lower size range the conucleation and growth of two stoichiometric ternary compounds are generally observed, namely the well-known eucairite AgCuSe compound and the novel fischesserite-like Ag₃CuSe₂ phase, the latter being less

SUBMITTER: Lin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500304 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature