Efficient Defect-Driven Cation Exchange beyond the Nanoscale Semiconductors toward Antibacterial Functionalization.

ABSTRACT: Defect engineering is an exciting tool for customizing semiconductors' structural and optoelectronic properties. Elaborating programmable methodologies to circumvent energy constraints in multievent inversions expands our understanding of the mechanisms governing the functionalization of nanomaterials. Herein, we introduce a novel strategy based on defect incorporation and solution rationalization, which triggers energetically unfavorable cation exchange reactions in extended solids. Using Sb₂X₃ + Ag (I) → Ag: Sb₂X₃ (X= S, Se) as a system to model, we demonstrate that incorporating chalcogen vacancies and Ag_SbV_X complex defects into initial thin films (TFs) is crucial for activating long-range solid-state ion diffusion. Addi

SUBMITTER: Polivtseva S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565473 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature