hydrothermal synthesis of bi2s3 nanostructures and abs-based polymeric nanocomposite

bismuth sulfide nano-rods and nano-flowers were synthesized via a hydrothermal reaction at a relatively low temperature. thioglycolic acid is used as sulfur source and capping agent simultaneously. bi2s3 nanostructures were then added to acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (abs) copolymer. the thermal stability behavior of abs filled with bismuth sulfide nano-rods were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (tga). nanostructures were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem) and atomic force microscopy (afm). the flame retardancy behavior of abs-bi2s3 was studied by ul-94 analysis.