Synthesis, structural, optical properties and toxicity against cancer cells of new urea-CdCl2 complex

• Main Authors: Férid Ben Nasr, Hajer Guermazi, Sami Aifa, Samir Guermazi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
• Series: Materials Letters: X
• Subjects: Urea-complex; Optical properties; Toxicity; DRX; Blue emission
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150821000260
• ISSN: 2590-1508

This study deals with the investigation of synthesized (NH2CONH2)CdCl2(Urea-CdCl2) complex properties. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) measurements are carried out to characterize structural properties. XRD indicates that this compound crystallizes in triclinic system withP1¯space group. IR spectrum proved that the cohesion between the organic and inorganic groups is insured by the CdO bonds. Besides, the optical properties were examined by ultraviolet visible (UV–vis) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies. The Urea-CdCl2 exhibits high absorbance in the UV and good transparency in the visible domain. Besides, Urea-CdCl2 shows a broad bluish emission. Moreover, the toxicity of the Urea-CdCl2 Complex was tested against normal kidney cell line (HEK293) and two cancers cell lines (MDA and T47D). The obtained results showed that Urea-CdCl2 improved the toxicity against the breast cancer line T47D.