Inspec keywords: size effect; thermal analysis; visible spectra; transmission electron microscopy; nanofabrication; X-ray diffraction; X-ray chemical analysis; nanoparticles; Fourier transform infrared spectra; ultraviolet spectra; spectral line shift; silver compounds; energy gap

Other keywords: thermogravimetry analysis; band gap; blue shift; monoclinic phase; biomimetic synthesis; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum; morphology; ultraviolet-visible spectra; protein-assisted method; ethanol solution; high-resolution transmission microscopy image; X-ray diffraction; nanoparticles; chemical interaction; zein-conjugated silver sulphide nanospheres; quantum size effect

Subjects: Visible and ultraviolet spectra of other nonmetals; Electromagnetic radiation spectrometry (chemical analysis); Structure of solid clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanostructured materials; Electronic structure of other inorganic semiconductors and insulators (thin films, low dimensional and nanoscale structures); Infrared and Raman spectra in inorganic crystals; Methods of nanofabrication and processing