A facile method to prepare CdS/polystyrene composite particles

<b>Facile synthesis of CdS nanocrystals using thioglycolic acid as a sulfur source and stabilizer in aqueous solution</b>

“…Up to now, many methods for preparing CdS NCs in an aqueous solution have been developed [5][6][7][8]. Of them, sodium sulfide [9], thiourea [10] and thioacetamide [11] were often used as sulfur sources. In this report, a novel method has been developed for the synthesis of CdS NCs using thioglycolic acid (TGA) as a sulfur source and stabilizer with the presence of hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous environment.…”

Preparation and characterization of upconversion luminescent NaYF4:Yb, Er (Tm)/PS bulk transparent nanocomposites through in situ polymerization

“…Among the broad variety of available polymers, polystyrene (PS) is one of the most popular and extensively-used polymers because of its excellent transparency and processing properties. Many diverse inorganic groups have been incorporated into polystyrene for preparation of composite spheres [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] and thin films [56,57]. But to our knowledge, there are few reports available in the literature on the generation of bulk polystyrene composite materials.…”

Preparation of highly sensitive sensors based on polystyrene microspheres for the detection and removal of Hg2+ ions

“…The TEM, as shown in Figure (a), exhibited those monodispersed PS microspheres functionalized by small molecular sensors ATN and ATMN, respectively, were about 1.0 μm of average diameter. The reaction time and the amount of auxiliary monomer are of vital importance to the size of the particles obtained by dispersion polymerization. In this work, the particle size ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 μm.…”