2019 International Nuclear Atlantic Conference - INAC 2019

Santos, SP, Brazil, October 21-25, 2019

ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR - ABEN
ISBN: 978-85-99141-08-3

INFLUENCE OF THE DOSE OF GAMMA RADIATION ON THE

FORMATION OF SELENIUM NANOSTRUCTURES THROUGH
RADIOLYTIC REDUCTION

Guilherme H. D. Franco, Alline G. Pereira, Letícia S. Gonçalves, Luanai G. L. Gerolis,

Fernanda A. P. Oliveira and Maria José Neves

Lab. Radiobiologia - Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear - CDTN/CNEN

Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627
Campus da UFMG - Pampulha, CEP: 30.123-970
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
guilhermeghdf@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Nanoparticles can be obtained in various sizes and shapes through chemical, physical and biological
approaches. When compared to the material on its macroscopic scale, nanoparticles have distinct
properties and have become useful in different areas, such as in energy, health, environment, among
others. Selenium is an element present in small quantities in the organism of animals and humans, but
are indispensable for their proper functioning. Selenium nanoparticles (Se NPs) are promising
compounds due to their wide range of applications. Synthesizing nanoparticles using a methodology
with ionizing radiation in aqueous media is a less toxic alternative compared to the existing physical,
chemical and physicochemical methods that employ high temperatures and pressures or aggressive
chemical reagents. The irradiation method is based on the radiolytic reduction through the generation
of free radicals that leads to the formation of both oxidizing and reducing species, homogeneously
distributed in the solution, which in turn can act on selenium, producing its nanostructure. We
previously synthesized selenium spherical nanoparticles using a dose of 25 kGy, and subsequently
tested the doses of 50 kGy, 75 kGy and 100 kGy to verify the influence of the gamma radiation energy
in the structure of the nanoparticles It was concluded that radiation doses above 50 kGy, in addition to
the spherical nanoparticles, also led to the formation of selenium nanowires.