Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2008, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 385-392.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2008.05.385

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Ag2S Nano-Particles Prepared in Reverse Micelles Used for Sulfur Sensitization

LI Zhi, DUAN Pei-cheng, YANG Xin-min, ZHENG Tong   

  1. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-01-02 Revised:2008-04-28 Online:2008-09-23 Published:2008-09-23

Abstract: In this paper 3—5 nm Ag2S particles were prepared in the reverse micellar system and used as novel sensitizer in AgCl cubic and {100} tabular microcrystal emulsions.The novel sensitizer shows an effective sensitizing ability for AgX emulsion,and it is superior to the traditional Na2S2O3 sensitizer because by using it comparatively high sensitivity can be obtained with lower fog density.To illustrate the evolution mechanism of the sensitizer clusters and explain their excellent sensitizing properties,diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(DRS) was used as a probe on the AgX microcrystal surface.

Key words: silver halide emulsion, sulfur sensitization, silver sulfide, nano-sized, reverse micelles

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