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

Mengxi Lin, Beatriz Vargas, Lluís Yedra, Heleen van Gog, Marijn A. van Huis, Rafael G. Mendes, Jordi Llorca, Manel Estruch-Blasco, Manuel Pernia Leal, Eloísa Pajuelo, Sònia Estradé, Francesca Peiró, Laura Rodríguez, Albert Figuerola

Chemistry of Materials· Volume 36· Issue 20
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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide 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 Ag 3 CuSe 2 phase, the latter being less thermodynamically stable as predicted computationally and assessed experimentally. An optimal range of Cu/Ag precursor molar ratio has been identified to ensure the growth of ternary nanoparticles and, more specifically, that of the metastable Ag 3 CuSe 2 nanophase isolated for the first occasion. The attained size range for the material paves the way for utilizing AgCuSe nanoparticles in new ways within the field of biomedicine: the results obtained here confirm the antibacterial activity of the new Ag x Cu y Se z nanoparticles against Gram-positive bacteria, with significantly low values of the minimal inhibitory concentration.
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Nanomaterials

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Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Section, Universitat de Barcelona, Carrer de Martí i Franquès, 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, Carrer de Martí i Franquès, 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Laboratory of Electron Nanoscopies (LENS-MIND), Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands

Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Research in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain

Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, c/Profesor García González, 2, 41012 Sevilla, Spain

Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, c/Profesor García González, 2, 41012 Sevilla, Spain

Funding

Consejer?a de Econom?a, Innovaci?n, Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andaluc?a · Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci?n · Ag?ncia de Gesti? d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca · Universidad de Sevilla · Consejer?a de Transformaci?n Econ?mica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades · Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek · Instituci? Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avan?ats

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