CdS nanoparticles were successfully synthesized using cadmium acetate and sodium sulfide as Cd and S precursors, respectively. The effect of using sodium thiosulfate as an additional sulfur precursor was also investigated (combined milling). The samples were characterized by XRD, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, UV-Vis spectroscopy, PL spectroscopy, DLS, and TEM. Photocatalytic activities of both CdS samples were compared. The photocatalytic activity of CdS, which is produced by combined milling, was superior to that of CdS, and was obtained by an acetate route in the degradation of Orange II under visible light irradiation. Better results for CdS prepared using a combined approach were also evidenced in photocatalytic experiments on hydrogen generation. The antibacterial potential of mechanochemically prepared CdS nanocrystals was also tested on reference strains of E. coli and S. aureus. Susceptibility tests included a 24-h toxicity test, a disk diffusion assay, and respiration monitoring. Bacterial growth was not completely inhibited by the presence of neither nanomaterial in the growth environment. However, the experiments have confirmed that the nanoparticles have some capability to inhibit bacterial growth during the logarithmic growth phase, with a more substantial effect coming from CdS nanoparticles prepared in the absence of sodium thiosulfate. The present research demonstrated the solvent-free, facile, and sustainable character of mechanochemical synthesis to produce semiconductor nanocrystals with multidisciplinary application.

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AbstS/AgI microstructures were produced by solvothermal DMSO-mediated synthesis using two structures were investigated with of large grains of sulfur covered by smaller grains of AgI. The obtained SEM micrographs revealed that the 1 st method gave larger grains of sulfur in comparison with the 2 nd method. Testing of the microstructures as photocatalysits showed the low activity; as the prepared samples were able to degrade no more than 7 % as it was able to suppress test strains of S. aureus P.aeruginosa ATCC 9027 and amylovora at MBC/MFC 5000 µg/mL, and E. coli ATCC 8739 at 2500 µg/mL. sulfur; silver iodide; solvothermal synthesis; microstructures; photocatalytic activity; biological activity. . j. biol. chem. (Online) Int

In this research work described synthesis of nanocomposites in the systems S–AgI and S–Ag2S–AgI in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, (CH3)2SO) medium, and its some properties. Nanocomposites were obtained through the solvothermal synthesis at temperature range (T) 25÷160°C. The initial solutions were prepared by dissolution of sulfur (S), silver nitrate (AgNO3 ) and ammonium iodine (NH4I) in DMSO. The final products were obtained through the simple exchange reactions between initial solutions. Using the X-ray phase analysis (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the samples were tested on phase and elemental composition, particle size and morphology, respectively. The results of XRD revealed that nanocomposites represented by S and AgI for system S–AgI, and by S, AgI and Ag2S for S–Ag2S–AgI system. The EDAX analysis showed the presence in composition of the investigated samples such elements like S, Ag and I for both systems. The SEM images demonstrated that both systems have a heterogeneus structure, the particles represented by flat and irregular shape. The size of the particles for S–AgI is fluctuated from 100 to 50000 nm and for S–Ag2S–AgI – from 90 to 4000 nm.