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Silver sulfide (Ag2S) nanoparticles synthesized using different precursors have been characterized by dynamic light scattering measurements and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. In addition to Ag2S nanoparticles, we have detected Ag2S/Ag heterostructures. Using optical microscopy, we have examined interaction of the nanoparticles with red cells of peripheral blood. The results of the interaction have been shown to depend on the particle size and charge. A red cell solution containing large, negatively charged particles coagulated, whereas small, positively charged Ag2S nanoparticles were concentrated around red cells.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Rempel, N.N. Aleksandrova, Yu.V. Kuznetsova, E.Yu. Gerasimov, 2016, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 131–135.
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Rempel, S.V., Aleksandrova, N.N., Kuznetsova, Y.V. et al. Influence of the size and charge of nonstoichiometric silver sulfide nanoparticles on their interaction with blood cells. Inorg Mater 52, 101–105 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168516020126
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