Syntheses and Characterizations of Serine and Threonine Capped Water-Dispersible ZnS:Mn Nanocrystals and Comparison Study of Toxicity Effects on the growth of E. coli by the Methionine, Serine, Threonine, and Valine Capped ZnS:Mn Nanocrystals

• Published in: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 1741 - 1747
• Main Authors: Lim, Eun-Ju, Park, Sang-Hyun, Byun, Jong-Hoe, Hwang, Cheong-Soo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 대한화학회 20.05.2012
• Subjects: 화학
• ISSN: 0253-2964; 1229-5949
• DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.5.1741

Water-dispersible ZnS:Mn nanocrystals were synthesized by capping the surface of the nanocrystals with conventional aminoacids ligands: serine and threonine. The aminoacids capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystal powders were characterized by XRD, HR-TEM, EDXS, ICP-AES and FT-IR spectroscopy. The optical properties were also measured by UV/Vis and solution photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies in aqueous solvents. The solution PL spectra showed broad emission peaks around 600 nm with PL efficiencies of 9.7% (ZnS:Mn-Ser) and 15.4% (ZnS:Mn-Thr) respectively. The measured particle sizes for the aminoacid capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystals by HR-TEM images were about 3.0-4.0 nm, which were also supported by Debye-Scherrer calculations. In addition, cytotoxic effects of four aminoacids capped ZnS:Mn nanocrsystals over the growth of wild type E. coli were investigated. Although toxicity in the form of growth inhibition was observed with all the aminoacids capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystals at higher dose (1 mg/mL), ZnS:Mn-Met and ZnS:Mn-Thr appeared non-toxic at doses less than 100 μg/mL. Low biological toxicities were seen at doses less than 10 μg/ mL for all nanocrystals. KCI Citation Count: 3