Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 76-79.

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A Simple Approach to Fabricate CdS-SiO2 Hybrid Microspheres by Producing CdS Nanoparticles on the Surface of Thiolated SiO2 Microspheres

HAN Kun, XIANG Zheng, WANG Zheng, WANG Chun-lei, LI Min-jie, ZHANG Jun-hu, YANG Bai   

  1. Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2005-03-01 Online:2006-02-24 Published:2011-08-06
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90401020) and the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Projects(No.2002CB613401).

Abstract: We have developed a simple synthetic method to prepare the hybrid microspheres of CdS nanoparticles on the surface of silica microspheres modified by(3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane(MPS). The-SH groups of MPS can bind with the Cd2+ ions on the surface of SiO2. When thioacetamide releases H2S, the nanosized CdS particles(1-6 nm) will successfully be generated on the silica surface under the experimental conditions. The size of the CdS na-noparticles was found to be related to the concentration of Cd2+ feed and the size of silica spheres, the higher the concentration of Cd2+ and the larger of silica microspheres, the bigger the size of CdS nanoparticles. Techniques including UV, PL, TEM and XPS were used to characterize the CdS-SiO2 hybrid microspheres.

Key words: Cadmium sulfide, Silicon dioxide, Nanoparticle, Hybrid microspheres