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Synthesis of Alginate Stabilized Semiconductor Nanopaticles

Supporting information
One Pot Synthesis and Characterization of Alginate Stabilized
Semiconductor Nanoparticles
Parani Sundarrajan, Prabakaran Eswaran, Alexander Marimuthu,
Lakshmi Baddireddi Subhadra, and Pandian Kannaiyan*
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Maraimalai (Guindy) Campus, Chennai-600 025, India
*
E-mail: chem.pandian@yahoo.in

Tissue Culture and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India
Received May 30, 2012, Accepted July 5, 2012

Table S1. Functional group assignment from FT-IR analysis of sodium alginate, Alg@CdS, Alg@ZnS and Alg@PbS
Vibration Modes
(OH)
(CH)
(COO)asym
(COO)sym
CO stretching
(OCO) ring
C-O-C stretching
CO stretching Uronic acids

Sodium
Alginate (cm1)

Alg@ZnS
(cm1)

Alg@CdS
(cm1)

Alg@PbS
(cm1)

3432
2926
1621
1417
1126
1095
1031
948

3436
2926
1634
1410
1122
1096
1032
947

3434
2928
1622
1384
1122
1096
1034
948

3434
2925
1618
1384
1122
1092
1029
946

Figure S1. FESEM image showing the formation of capillaries in

the alginate matrix of Alg-ZnS nanoparticles.The capillaries are
almost uniform in diameter (~270 nm) and show parallel
alignment, almost hexagonal arrangement and equally spaced
(~0.7 m).

Figure S2. UVvis spectrum of (a) sodium alginate, (b) Alg-Zn

salt, (c) Alg-Cd salt and (d) Alg-Pb salt.

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Figure S3. XRD (top) and TG plot (bottom) of (a) sodium alginate, (b) Alg-ZnS, (c) Alg-CdS and (d) Alg-PbS.

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