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Rotaru V, Vidal-Fuentes P, Alcobe X, Jawhari T, López-García A, Pérez-Rodríguez A, Becerril-Romero I, Izquierdo-Roca V, Guc M. Structural and vibrational properties of Sb 2S 3: Practical methodologies for accelerated research and application of this low dimensional material. iScience 2024; 27:109619. [PMID: 38632990 PMCID: PMC11022042 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Recently, the interest for the family of low dimensional materials has increased significantly due to the anisotropic nature of their fundamental properties. Among them, antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) is considered a suitable material for various solid-state devices. Although the main advantages and physicochemical properties of Sb2S3 are known, some doubtful information remains in literature and methodologies to easily assess its critical properties are missing. In this study, an advanced characterization of several types of Sb2S3 samples, involving the Rietveld refinement of structural properties, and Raman spectroscopy analysis, completed with lattice dynamics investigations reveal important insights into the structural and vibrational characteristics of the material. Based on the gathered data, fast, non-destructive, and non-invasive methodologies for assessment of the crystallographic orientation and point defect concentration of Sb2S3 are proposed. With a high resolution in-sample and in-situ assessment, these methodologies will serve for accelerating the research and application of Sb2S3 in the research field.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victoria Rotaru
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
- Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), C. Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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- Centres Científics i Tecnològics de la Universitat de Barcelona (CCiTUB), Lluís Solé i Sabarís 1-3, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centres Científics i Tecnològics de la Universitat de Barcelona (CCiTUB), Lluís Solé i Sabarís 1-3, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
- INUB, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica, Universitat de Barcelona, C. Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
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Sebastian N, Yu WC, Balram D, Al-Mubaddel FS, Tayyab Noman M. Nanomolar detection of food additive tert-butylhydroquinone in edible oils based on novel ternary metal oxide embedded β-cyclodextrin functionalized carbon black. Food Chem 2022; 377:131867. [PMID: 34974409 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
It is pivotal to precisely detect food preservatives to ascertain food quality and safety. In this work, we report the sensitive electrochemical detection of widely used cytotoxic food preservative tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ). A novel nanocomposite was sonochemically prepared by embedding ternary metal oxide (TMO) comprising ZnO, CuO, and MgO in β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) functionalized carbon black (CB). The properties of the prepared nanocomposite were evaluated by employing multiple characterization methods. The nanocomposite fabricated on a screen printed carbon electrode exhibited exceptional electrocatalytic activity towards TBHQ detection, evident from the resultant very low detection limit of 1 nM and high sensitivity of 22.67 μA μM-1 cm-2. Moreover, the developed TBHQ sensor evinced all the important traits of a good electrochemical sensor including excellent selectivity, stability, reproducibility, and repeatability. Furthermore, for validating practical feasibility of TBHQ detection, we successfully determined this food additive in edible oils.
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- Neethu Sebastian
- Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3 Zhongxiao East Road Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3 Zhongxiao East Road Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3 Zhongxiao East Road Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy: Energy Research and Innovation Center, (ERIC), Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Machinery Construction, Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation (CXI), Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
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de Souza B, Farias G, Neese F, Izsák R. Efficient simulation of overtones and combination bands in resonant Raman spectra. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:214102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5099247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Bernardo de Souza
- Departmento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Departmento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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