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Properties of arsenic sulphide (β-As4S4) modified by mechanical activation

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Arsenic sulphide β-As4S4 has been modified by mechanical activation in a planetary ball mill. As a consequence, the solid-state properties and dissolution yield have been influenced. The following changes were observed: the increase of specific surface area, changes in the morphology (the formation of submicron particles), the occurrence of nanoparticles (21–31 nm), changes in crystal lattice parameters and changes in the Raman shift of particular vibrations. As a consequence of these changes, the dissolution rate of β-As4S4 has been increased, which is a challenge for the application in cancer research.

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Acknowledgements

The authors PB, MB, JB and ZB acknowledge the support of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (projects APVV-14-0103 and SK-UA-2013-0003) and the Slovak Grant Agency (project VEGA 2/0027/14). MV acknowledges project CZ.1.05/4.1.00/11.0251 “Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies” co-financed by the European Fund of the Regional Development and the state budget of the Czech Republic. MS thanks the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Academy of Sciences for the support of her work by the realization of a bilateral project “Mechanochemical synthesis – an ecological friendly process in the production of materials for photocatalytic air and water purification”. The support of National Reference Laboratory for Pesticides of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice is also gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 45, 04001, Košice, Slovakia

    Peter Baláž, Matej Baláž, Jaroslav Briančin & Zdenka Bujňáková

  2. Vlokh Institute of Physical Optics, Dragomanov Str. 23, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine

    Oleh Shpotyuk

  3. Institute of Physics, Jan Dlugosz University, Armii Krajowej al. 13/15, 42200, Czestochowa, Poland

    Oleh Shpotyuk

  4. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kyryla i Mefodiya St. 6, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine

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    Miroslav Vlček

  6. Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., Bldg. 11, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  7. Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Pigonia Str. 1, 35-958, Rzeszow, Poland

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  9. University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Komenského 73, 04181, Košice, Slovakia

    Barbora Selepová & Ľudmila Balážová

  10. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Science, Palackého 1-3, 61242, Brno, Czech Republic

    Ľudmila Balážová

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Baláž, P., Baláž, M., Shpotyuk, O. et al. Properties of arsenic sulphide (β-As4S4) modified by mechanical activation. J Mater Sci 52, 1747–1758 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0466-7

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