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Trivedi et al., Ind Eng Manage 2015, 4:3
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
Volume 4 • Issue 3 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage
ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal
Keywords: Biofield treatment; Antimony sulfide; X-ray diffraction;
FT-IR; Particle size; Surface area; Scanning electron microscopy
Introduction
Antimony Sulfide (Sb2
S3
) is a semiconductor ceramics belonging
to V-VI group of periodic table, which have high thermo-electric
power and photosensitivity. Sb2
S3
has a wide range of commercial
applications in microwave devices, optoelectronic devices and solar cell
absorber [1-4]. Sb2
S3
fulfils the optoelectronic properties to obtain an
electronic band gap in the near-infrared region and the visible region,
depending on its crystalline or amorphous nature [5]. Sb2
S3
is an
important photoconductive semiconductor in the polycrystalline form
as orthorhombic crystal structure. The optoelectrical properties of Sb2
S3
such as charge carrier transport mechanism, conduction, photoelectric
properties makes it a promising material in solar energy industries
as a light absorbing material. For solar cell absorber applications, the
absorption coefficient and the energy band gap of Sb2
S3
plays a crucial
role. It is already reported [6-7] that higher absorption coefficient and
lower energy band gap improves the performance of an absorber in
the solar cell. Furthermore, the energy band gap in Sb2
S3
is inversely
proportional to its crystallinity [6] and the absorption coefficient of
Sb2
S3
is directly proportional to its crystallite size [7].
Recently, Sb2
S3
powders have been synthesized by conventional
methods such as hydrothermal treatment, solvo thermal reaction,
sonochemical method and high energy milling [5]. The high energy
milling has been frequently used by various researchers to produce
nanocrystalline Sb2
S3
[5]. In the milling process, energy was normally
provided in the form of mechanical or chemical means. Additionally,
in conventional milling process many parameters need to be controlled
for cost reduction such as power, ball diameter, contamination, time,
etc. Therefore, high energy milling through biofield treatment could be
a cost effective approach which can effectively modulate the crystalline
and physical properties.
Researchers all around the world have confirmed that the solid
matter consist of energy and once this energy vibrates at a certain
frequency, that gives physical, atomic and structural properties to the
matter such as shape, size, texture, crystal structure, atomic weight,
Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral
Properties of Antimony Sulfide
Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S*, Tallapragada RM and Latiyal O
1
Trivedi Global Inc,10624 S Eastern Avenue Suite A-969, Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Abstract
Antimony sulfide (Sb2
S3
) has gained extensive attention in solar cells due to their potential as a low-cost and
earth abundant absorber material. In solar cell absorber, the optoelectrical properties such as energy band gap and
absorption coefficient of Sb2
S3
play an important role, which have strong relationships with their crystal structure, lattice
parameter and crystallite size.
Hence in the present investigation, Sb2
S3
powder samples were exposed to biofield treatment, and further its
physical, structural and spectral properties are investigated. The particle size analysis showed larger particle size
and surface area after treatment. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed polycrystalline orthorhombic structure with
superior crystallinity in treated Sb2
S3
along with significant changes in the lattice parameters, which led to changes in
unit cell volume and density. XRD data analysis indicates that crystallite size was increased by around 150% in treated
sample. In FT-IR spectra, strong absorption band was observed at 400-700cm-1
, which confirms the presence of Sb2
S3
.
Further, the absorption peak intensity in IR spectra was significantly reduced after treatment that was probably due to
change in metal sulphur dipolar interaction.
*Corresponding author: Patil S, Trivedi Global Inc,10624 S Eastern Avenue
Suite A-969, Henderson, NV 89052, USA, Tel: +1 602-531-5400; E-mail:
publication@trivedieffect.com
Received June 02, 2015; Accepted July 15, 2015; Published July 17, 2015
Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact
of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony
Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
Copyright: © 2015 Trivedi MK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed
under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the
original author and source are credited.
etc. Similarly, the human body also consists of vibratory energy
particles like neutrons, protons, and electrons, and when these charged
particles vibrate at certain frequency, an electrical impulse is generated.
Consequently varying of these electrical impulses with time, cause
generation of magnetic field as per Ampere-Maxwell-Law, which
cumulatively form electromagnetic field [8]. Hence, the electromagnetic
field generated from the human body is known as biofield. This biofield
often vary from person to person based on their physiology and internal
dynamic processes. Mr. Trivedi is known for his unique physiology and
biofield, through which he has already caused changes in the atomic
and physical characteristics in various fields such as material science
[9-16], agriculture [17-19], microbiology [20-22], and biotechnology
[23,24]. Further, in the field of material science, the said biofield has
significantly changed the lattice parameter, surface area, crystallite size
and particle size in metals [9], carbon allotropes [11], and ceramics
[13,15].
In this paper, we report the impact of Biofield on Sb2
S3
powder with
respect to its structural, spectral and physical characteristics.
Experimental
Antimony sulfide (Sb2
S3
) powder used in the present investigation
was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, USA. Procured Sb2
S3
powder was
distributed into five equal samples. One sample was considered as
control, and other four samples were exposed to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield,
referred herein as treated samples (T1, T2, T3, and T4). All samples
Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties
of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
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were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM), Laser particle size analyzer, surface area analyzer (BET) and
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis.
Particle size analysis
Average particle size distribution and particle size were measured
by Laser particle size analyzer SYMPATEC HELOS-BF, which had the
detection range of 0.1-875 µm.
Surface area analysis
The surface area was measured by using surface area analyzer,
SMART SORB 90 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) with a detection
range of 0.1-1000 m2
/g.
X-ray diffraction
The atomic and structural level analysis was carried out using X-ray
Diffraction (XRD), Phillips, Holland PW 1710. The copper anode
with Nickel filter was used in this XRD instrument. The wavelength
of radiation used in the instrument was 1.54056 Å and data provided
by XRD was in the form of a chart of 2θ vs. intensity along with a table
containing peak intensity counts, d value (Å), peak width (θ0
), relative
Intensity (%). For the calculation of lattice parameter and unit cell
volume PowderX software was used.
The crystallite size (L) was calculated using the formula: L=kλ/
(bCosθ)
where k is the equipment constant (=0.94), and λ is the wavelength
of radiation used. The molecular weight of a molecule is the sum of
the atomic weight of all atoms, and the atomic weight is the sum of the
total weight of protons, neutrons and electrons present in an atom. As
number of molecules in a unit cell is fixed, so the weight of the unit
cell was computed as the number of molecules present in a unit cell
multiplied by the molecular weight of the molecules. The density was
calculated as the weight of the unit cell divided by the volume of the
unit cell. The percent change in lattice parameter, “a” was calculated
as [(at
-ac
)/ac
] × 100 where ac and at
are lattice parameter of control
and treated powder samples respectively. The percentage change in all
other parameters such as lattice parameter “b”, unit cell volume, density,
crystallite size were calculated in a similar manner.
Infrared spectroscopy
The IR spectra of samples were recorded by using Perkin Elmer,
USA Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectrometer with frequency
range of 300-4000/cm.
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Forsurfacemorphologyobservation,Scanningelectronmicroscopy
(SEM), the JEOL JSM-6360 instrument was used.
Results and Discussion
Physical properties
The particle size and surface area analysis of control and treated
Sb2
S3
sample T1, T2, and T3 is shown in Figure 1. The treated sample
T1, T2, and T3 were evaluated on 12th
, 86th
and 94th
day after treatment
respectively. The particle size analysis results showed that the average
particle size d50
was decreased in treated Sb2
S3
samples by 2%, 9.7%
and 8.5% as compared to control in T1, T2, and T3 respectively.
Nevertheless, the particle size d99
(size below which 99% particles are
present) was increased in T1 by 12% and decreased in sample T2 and
T3. Contrarily, the specific surface area was increased by 31% in sample
T1 and then reduced by 31% in sample T3 as compared to control
sample after treatment, though it was not changed in sample T2. The
decrease in particle size was probably due to the fracturing of medium
size particles into fine particles by energy milling that led to increased
surface area in T1. The reduction in particle size and surface area in
sample T3 was contrary to the fact i.e. smaller the particle size, larger
the surface area. Thus it was postulated that, possibly the fresh surfaces
of the particles were generated due to fracturing and agglomeration
process through high energy milling. In order to get more insights about
change in particle size and surface area, the powders were characterized
by X-ray diffraction.
Atomic and structural properties
The XRD diffractogram of Sb2
S3
is presented in (Figures 2a-2e). The
XRD patterns of Sb2
S3
confirms the orthorhombic crystal structure in
control and all treated Sb2
S3
samples as per JCPDS Card number 06-
0474. From the XRD patterns, it was found that the peak intensity in
treated sample T1 (Figure 2b) was increased along plane (200), (310)
as compared to control (Figure 2a). Further the treated sample T2
also showed increased intensity (Figure 2c). This indicated that the
crystallinity was enhanced in sample T1 and T2 that might be due
to re-arrangement of the atoms in long range order through biofield.
However the intensity of major peaks were not changed in sample T3
and T4 (Figures 2d and 2e).
Additionally, the crystal structure parameters were computed
from the XRD patterns using PowderX software and analysis results
are illustrated in Figures 3-6. It was observed that the lattice parameter
“a” was increased from 11.28Å (control) to 11.45Å in T1 (Figure 3).
Figure Legends:
12 86 94
Percent change in
particle size d50
-2.08 -9.72 -8.56
Percent change in
Particle size , d99
12.42 4.83 0.00
Percent change in
Surface Area
31.17010816 -0.344149459 -31.21927237
-40.00
-30.00
-20.00
-10.00
0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
percentchangein
Treatedsamples(%)
Figure 1: Percent change in particle size and surface area of Sb2
S3
with
number of days after treatment.
Figure 2a: XRD pattern of control Sb2
S3
sample.
Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties
of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
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Further, the results showed that on 71th
day after treatment (T1), the
lattice parameter “a” was increased significantly by 1.5% whereas
lattice parameter “b” was decreased by 0.5% as compared to control.
This causes the corresponding increase in volume by 0.63% that led
to reduced density by -0.61% as compared to control (Figures 4-5).
The lattice strain (change in lattice parameter) along “a” was positive
and along “b” it was negative, which indicated that tensile stress was
applied along “a” and compressive stress was applied along “b” during
milling through biofield treatment, which further implies that the unit
cell expanded along one side and compressed along another side. On
104th
day after treatment (T2), no significant change was found in unit
cell parameters. However, on 128th
day (T3) unit cell parameter “a” was
increased by 0.46% but parameter “b” was decreased by 0.37%, that
led to no change in volume and density, since the volume increased
through expansion of one side was compensated by compression in
another side “b”. This suggest that stresses may have been applied on
unit cell along both sides, “a” and “b”; and direction and magnitude
of these stresses varied with time after biofield treatment. Thus, the
varying stresses on unit cell led to change the corresponding volume
and density in treated samples. Moreover on 144th
day after treatment
(T4), no significant change was found in unit cell parameters. Further,
the molecular weight changes were exactly opposite to the changes in
the density as shown in Figure 6. This inverse relationship between
molecular weight and density can be attributed to the change in proton
to neutron ratio inside the nucleus. Furthermore the neutron to proton
ratio can change if weak reversible nuclear level reaction occurs inside
the nucleus. Thus, we presumed that biofield has transferred the energy
in form of neutrinos that possibly cause this nuclear level reaction
including proton-neutron to alter their ratio.
Additionally, the crystallite size was increased drastically by 150%
in T1 with respect to control on 71th
day after treatment (Figure 7).
However, the crystallite size was increased in treated samples T2,
T3 and T4 as well. This increased crystallite size was possibly due to
Figure 2b: XXRD pattern of treated Sb2
S3
sample T1 (71 days after biofield
treatment).
Figure 2c: XRD pattern of treated Sb2
S3
sample T2 (104 days after biofield
treatment).
Figure 2d: XRD pattern of treated Sb2
S3
sample T3 (128 days after biofield
treatment).
Figure 2e: XRD pattern of treated Sb2
S3
sample T4 (144 days after biofield
treatment).
Lattic parameter a in (10^-
10)m
Lattice parameter b (10^-10)m
Control sample 11.2895 11.3223
71 days After treatment 11.4594 11.2660
104 days After treatment 11.2827 11.3056
128 days After treatment 11.3421 11.2797
144 days After treatment 11.2962 11.3403
11.15
11.20
11.25
11.30
11.35
11.40
11.45
11.50
Latiiceparameter(Angstrom)
Figure 3: Lattice parameters of control and treated Sb2
S3
sample after certain
number of days.
Volume of unit cell(10^-28) in m^3 Density (g/cc)
Control sample 4.90 4.651
71 days After treatment 4.93 4.622
104 days After treatment 4.88 4.666
128 days After treatment 4.90 4.651
144 days After treatment 4.91 4.643
4.45
4.50
4.55
4.60
4.65
4.70
4.75
4.80
4.85
4.90
4.95
5.00
Magnitude
Figure 4: Unit cell volume and density of control and treated Sb2
S3
sample
after certain no. of days.
Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties
of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
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coalescenceofseveralgrains,duetomovementofcrystalliteboundaries.
Nevertheless the movement of crystallite boundaries could be possible
if a large amount of energy (at least one-third of melting point) was
supplied to the crystallite boundaries (similar to grain growth during
sintering of powders at high temperature). Hence, it is hypothesized that
energy might have been supplied to the Sb2
S3
either directly through the
biofield treatment or via the weak reversible nuclear reactions.
FT-IR spectroscopy
The FT-IR spectrum of control and treated Sb2
S3
powder is shown
in Figures 8a and 8b. The absorption peaks that were observed at 472,
518, 640/cmin control and 472, 516, 640/cmin T1 sample and 472, 516
,644/cm in T2 sample were attributed to the presence of orthorhombic
crystal structure of Sb2
S3
[25,26]. However, no significant change was
found in absorption peak positions in the fingerprint region of 400–
700/cm in treated samples. Nevertheless the absorption band intensity
was significantly reduced at 1112/cm in both treated samples, T1 and
T2, which may be due to change in inter-atomic interaction [26]. The
broad absorption bands in the region of 4000 to 2500/cm corresponds
to the O–H stretch vibration peak due to the absorbed water.
Morphological studies
The surface morphology of Sb2
S3
powder was studied using
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM micrographs of
control and treated Sb2
S3
powders are depicted in Figures 9a and 9b
respectively. The SEM images of control Sb2
S3
powder showed the
irregular shape with internal agglomerated boundaries and sharp
corners on the particles. Contrarily the treated Sb2
S3
samples looks
dense, homogenized with an increased agglomerated size. The increases
in agglomerate size in treated samples have also supported the particle
size results. The agglomerated Sb2
S3
 particles in treated samples were
appeared as plate-like shape on all around the outer surfaces, which led
to increase in surface area.
The structural, spectral and morphological studies revealed that the
biofield treatment was acting on the structure, atoms, and their nuclei,
which significantly affected the unit cell parameters, crystallite size,
density, and molecular weight.
71 104 128 144
Percent change in Lattice
Parameter a
1.505475018 -0.059790282 0.466541358 0.059524548
Percent change in Lattice
Parameter b
-0.497335356 -0.148290901 -0.376512276 0.15827117
Percent change in Volume of unit
cell
0.63 -0.32 -0.01 0.17
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
PercentChangein
Characteristics(%)
No. of days After Treatment
Figure 5: Percent change in lattice parameters, unit cell volume of Sb2
S3
with
number of days after treatment.
71 104 128 144
Percent change in Density -0.621 0.317 0.006 -0.171
Percent change Molecular weight 0.63 -0.32 -0.01 0.17
-0.800
-0.600
-0.400
-0.200
0.000
0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
Percentchange(%)
Figure 6: Percent change in density and molecular weight of Sb2
S3
with
number of days after treatment.
71 104 128 144
% change in crystallite size 150.01 25.00 66.67 30.40
0.00
20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
140.00
160.00
PercentChangein
CrystalliteSize(%)
Figure 7: Percent change in crystallite size of Sb2
S3
with number of days after
treatment.
Figure 8a: FTIR spectra of control and treated Sb2
S3
sample T1.
Figure 8b: FTIR spectra of control and treated Sb2
S3
sample T2.
Figure 9 (a). SEM images of control Sb2S3samples at Magnification of 2000x and 5000x
Figure 9a: SEM images of control Sb2
S3
samples at Magnification of 2000x
and 5000x.
Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties
of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165
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Conclusion
Herein we report the influence of biofield treatment on Sb2
S3
powders, and its structural, spectral and physical properties are
investigated. The significant increase as well as decrease in particle
size and surface area was found in treated Sb2
S3
powder, which may
be due to agglomeration, fracturing and welding process caused by
high energy milling induced through biofield treatment. The surface
morphology study by SEM showed internal agglomerated boundaries
and sharp angular particles in Sb2
S3
powder that was probably due to
internal friction and high energy impact during milling. Biofield has
significantly altered the both lattice parameter: a and b simultaneously
in orthorhombic crystal structure of Sb2
S3
powders. This indicates that
volumetric stress was probably generated through biofield treatment
that resulted into changed density and volume. The significant changes
in molecular weight asserted that biofield treatment acts at the atomic
and nuclei level. The crystallite size was significantly increased by
150%, indicating the improved absorbance of Sb2
S3
after treatment.
Additionally, the crystallinity of Sb2
S3
powder was also enhanced after
biofield treatment that may have led to reduced gap in energy band.
Therefore, the novel treated Sb2
S3
powder can play an important role
towards better solar cell absorber applications.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr. Cheng Dong of NLSC, Institute of Physics, and Chinese
academy of Sciences for supporting in using PowderX software for analyzing X-ray
Diffraction results.
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Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties
of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165

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Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide

  • 1. Research Article Open Access Industrial Engineering & Management Trivedi et al., Ind Eng Manage 2015, 4:3 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Volume 4 • Issue 3 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal Keywords: Biofield treatment; Antimony sulfide; X-ray diffraction; FT-IR; Particle size; Surface area; Scanning electron microscopy Introduction Antimony Sulfide (Sb2 S3 ) is a semiconductor ceramics belonging to V-VI group of periodic table, which have high thermo-electric power and photosensitivity. Sb2 S3 has a wide range of commercial applications in microwave devices, optoelectronic devices and solar cell absorber [1-4]. Sb2 S3 fulfils the optoelectronic properties to obtain an electronic band gap in the near-infrared region and the visible region, depending on its crystalline or amorphous nature [5]. Sb2 S3 is an important photoconductive semiconductor in the polycrystalline form as orthorhombic crystal structure. The optoelectrical properties of Sb2 S3 such as charge carrier transport mechanism, conduction, photoelectric properties makes it a promising material in solar energy industries as a light absorbing material. For solar cell absorber applications, the absorption coefficient and the energy band gap of Sb2 S3 plays a crucial role. It is already reported [6-7] that higher absorption coefficient and lower energy band gap improves the performance of an absorber in the solar cell. Furthermore, the energy band gap in Sb2 S3 is inversely proportional to its crystallinity [6] and the absorption coefficient of Sb2 S3 is directly proportional to its crystallite size [7]. Recently, Sb2 S3 powders have been synthesized by conventional methods such as hydrothermal treatment, solvo thermal reaction, sonochemical method and high energy milling [5]. The high energy milling has been frequently used by various researchers to produce nanocrystalline Sb2 S3 [5]. In the milling process, energy was normally provided in the form of mechanical or chemical means. Additionally, in conventional milling process many parameters need to be controlled for cost reduction such as power, ball diameter, contamination, time, etc. Therefore, high energy milling through biofield treatment could be a cost effective approach which can effectively modulate the crystalline and physical properties. Researchers all around the world have confirmed that the solid matter consist of energy and once this energy vibrates at a certain frequency, that gives physical, atomic and structural properties to the matter such as shape, size, texture, crystal structure, atomic weight, Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S*, Tallapragada RM and Latiyal O 1 Trivedi Global Inc,10624 S Eastern Avenue Suite A-969, Henderson, NV 89052, USA Abstract Antimony sulfide (Sb2 S3 ) has gained extensive attention in solar cells due to their potential as a low-cost and earth abundant absorber material. In solar cell absorber, the optoelectrical properties such as energy band gap and absorption coefficient of Sb2 S3 play an important role, which have strong relationships with their crystal structure, lattice parameter and crystallite size. Hence in the present investigation, Sb2 S3 powder samples were exposed to biofield treatment, and further its physical, structural and spectral properties are investigated. The particle size analysis showed larger particle size and surface area after treatment. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed polycrystalline orthorhombic structure with superior crystallinity in treated Sb2 S3 along with significant changes in the lattice parameters, which led to changes in unit cell volume and density. XRD data analysis indicates that crystallite size was increased by around 150% in treated sample. In FT-IR spectra, strong absorption band was observed at 400-700cm-1 , which confirms the presence of Sb2 S3 . Further, the absorption peak intensity in IR spectra was significantly reduced after treatment that was probably due to change in metal sulphur dipolar interaction. *Corresponding author: Patil S, Trivedi Global Inc,10624 S Eastern Avenue Suite A-969, Henderson, NV 89052, USA, Tel: +1 602-531-5400; E-mail: publication@trivedieffect.com Received June 02, 2015; Accepted July 15, 2015; Published July 17, 2015 Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Copyright: © 2015 Trivedi MK, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. etc. Similarly, the human body also consists of vibratory energy particles like neutrons, protons, and electrons, and when these charged particles vibrate at certain frequency, an electrical impulse is generated. Consequently varying of these electrical impulses with time, cause generation of magnetic field as per Ampere-Maxwell-Law, which cumulatively form electromagnetic field [8]. Hence, the electromagnetic field generated from the human body is known as biofield. This biofield often vary from person to person based on their physiology and internal dynamic processes. Mr. Trivedi is known for his unique physiology and biofield, through which he has already caused changes in the atomic and physical characteristics in various fields such as material science [9-16], agriculture [17-19], microbiology [20-22], and biotechnology [23,24]. Further, in the field of material science, the said biofield has significantly changed the lattice parameter, surface area, crystallite size and particle size in metals [9], carbon allotropes [11], and ceramics [13,15]. In this paper, we report the impact of Biofield on Sb2 S3 powder with respect to its structural, spectral and physical characteristics. Experimental Antimony sulfide (Sb2 S3 ) powder used in the present investigation was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, USA. Procured Sb2 S3 powder was distributed into five equal samples. One sample was considered as control, and other four samples were exposed to Mr. Trivedi’s biofield, referred herein as treated samples (T1, T2, T3, and T4). All samples
  • 2. Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Page 2 of 5 Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal were characterized by X-ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Laser particle size analyzer, surface area analyzer (BET) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis. Particle size analysis Average particle size distribution and particle size were measured by Laser particle size analyzer SYMPATEC HELOS-BF, which had the detection range of 0.1-875 µm. Surface area analysis The surface area was measured by using surface area analyzer, SMART SORB 90 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) with a detection range of 0.1-1000 m2 /g. X-ray diffraction The atomic and structural level analysis was carried out using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Phillips, Holland PW 1710. The copper anode with Nickel filter was used in this XRD instrument. The wavelength of radiation used in the instrument was 1.54056 Å and data provided by XRD was in the form of a chart of 2θ vs. intensity along with a table containing peak intensity counts, d value (Å), peak width (θ0 ), relative Intensity (%). For the calculation of lattice parameter and unit cell volume PowderX software was used. The crystallite size (L) was calculated using the formula: L=kλ/ (bCosθ) where k is the equipment constant (=0.94), and λ is the wavelength of radiation used. The molecular weight of a molecule is the sum of the atomic weight of all atoms, and the atomic weight is the sum of the total weight of protons, neutrons and electrons present in an atom. As number of molecules in a unit cell is fixed, so the weight of the unit cell was computed as the number of molecules present in a unit cell multiplied by the molecular weight of the molecules. The density was calculated as the weight of the unit cell divided by the volume of the unit cell. The percent change in lattice parameter, “a” was calculated as [(at -ac )/ac ] × 100 where ac and at are lattice parameter of control and treated powder samples respectively. The percentage change in all other parameters such as lattice parameter “b”, unit cell volume, density, crystallite size were calculated in a similar manner. Infrared spectroscopy The IR spectra of samples were recorded by using Perkin Elmer, USA Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectrometer with frequency range of 300-4000/cm. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Forsurfacemorphologyobservation,Scanningelectronmicroscopy (SEM), the JEOL JSM-6360 instrument was used. Results and Discussion Physical properties The particle size and surface area analysis of control and treated Sb2 S3 sample T1, T2, and T3 is shown in Figure 1. The treated sample T1, T2, and T3 were evaluated on 12th , 86th and 94th day after treatment respectively. The particle size analysis results showed that the average particle size d50 was decreased in treated Sb2 S3 samples by 2%, 9.7% and 8.5% as compared to control in T1, T2, and T3 respectively. Nevertheless, the particle size d99 (size below which 99% particles are present) was increased in T1 by 12% and decreased in sample T2 and T3. Contrarily, the specific surface area was increased by 31% in sample T1 and then reduced by 31% in sample T3 as compared to control sample after treatment, though it was not changed in sample T2. The decrease in particle size was probably due to the fracturing of medium size particles into fine particles by energy milling that led to increased surface area in T1. The reduction in particle size and surface area in sample T3 was contrary to the fact i.e. smaller the particle size, larger the surface area. Thus it was postulated that, possibly the fresh surfaces of the particles were generated due to fracturing and agglomeration process through high energy milling. In order to get more insights about change in particle size and surface area, the powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Atomic and structural properties The XRD diffractogram of Sb2 S3 is presented in (Figures 2a-2e). The XRD patterns of Sb2 S3 confirms the orthorhombic crystal structure in control and all treated Sb2 S3 samples as per JCPDS Card number 06- 0474. From the XRD patterns, it was found that the peak intensity in treated sample T1 (Figure 2b) was increased along plane (200), (310) as compared to control (Figure 2a). Further the treated sample T2 also showed increased intensity (Figure 2c). This indicated that the crystallinity was enhanced in sample T1 and T2 that might be due to re-arrangement of the atoms in long range order through biofield. However the intensity of major peaks were not changed in sample T3 and T4 (Figures 2d and 2e). Additionally, the crystal structure parameters were computed from the XRD patterns using PowderX software and analysis results are illustrated in Figures 3-6. It was observed that the lattice parameter “a” was increased from 11.28Å (control) to 11.45Å in T1 (Figure 3). Figure Legends: 12 86 94 Percent change in particle size d50 -2.08 -9.72 -8.56 Percent change in Particle size , d99 12.42 4.83 0.00 Percent change in Surface Area 31.17010816 -0.344149459 -31.21927237 -40.00 -30.00 -20.00 -10.00 0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 percentchangein Treatedsamples(%) Figure 1: Percent change in particle size and surface area of Sb2 S3 with number of days after treatment. Figure 2a: XRD pattern of control Sb2 S3 sample.
  • 3. Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Page 3 of 5 Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal Further, the results showed that on 71th day after treatment (T1), the lattice parameter “a” was increased significantly by 1.5% whereas lattice parameter “b” was decreased by 0.5% as compared to control. This causes the corresponding increase in volume by 0.63% that led to reduced density by -0.61% as compared to control (Figures 4-5). The lattice strain (change in lattice parameter) along “a” was positive and along “b” it was negative, which indicated that tensile stress was applied along “a” and compressive stress was applied along “b” during milling through biofield treatment, which further implies that the unit cell expanded along one side and compressed along another side. On 104th day after treatment (T2), no significant change was found in unit cell parameters. However, on 128th day (T3) unit cell parameter “a” was increased by 0.46% but parameter “b” was decreased by 0.37%, that led to no change in volume and density, since the volume increased through expansion of one side was compensated by compression in another side “b”. This suggest that stresses may have been applied on unit cell along both sides, “a” and “b”; and direction and magnitude of these stresses varied with time after biofield treatment. Thus, the varying stresses on unit cell led to change the corresponding volume and density in treated samples. Moreover on 144th day after treatment (T4), no significant change was found in unit cell parameters. Further, the molecular weight changes were exactly opposite to the changes in the density as shown in Figure 6. This inverse relationship between molecular weight and density can be attributed to the change in proton to neutron ratio inside the nucleus. Furthermore the neutron to proton ratio can change if weak reversible nuclear level reaction occurs inside the nucleus. Thus, we presumed that biofield has transferred the energy in form of neutrinos that possibly cause this nuclear level reaction including proton-neutron to alter their ratio. Additionally, the crystallite size was increased drastically by 150% in T1 with respect to control on 71th day after treatment (Figure 7). However, the crystallite size was increased in treated samples T2, T3 and T4 as well. This increased crystallite size was possibly due to Figure 2b: XXRD pattern of treated Sb2 S3 sample T1 (71 days after biofield treatment). Figure 2c: XRD pattern of treated Sb2 S3 sample T2 (104 days after biofield treatment). Figure 2d: XRD pattern of treated Sb2 S3 sample T3 (128 days after biofield treatment). Figure 2e: XRD pattern of treated Sb2 S3 sample T4 (144 days after biofield treatment). Lattic parameter a in (10^- 10)m Lattice parameter b (10^-10)m Control sample 11.2895 11.3223 71 days After treatment 11.4594 11.2660 104 days After treatment 11.2827 11.3056 128 days After treatment 11.3421 11.2797 144 days After treatment 11.2962 11.3403 11.15 11.20 11.25 11.30 11.35 11.40 11.45 11.50 Latiiceparameter(Angstrom) Figure 3: Lattice parameters of control and treated Sb2 S3 sample after certain number of days. Volume of unit cell(10^-28) in m^3 Density (g/cc) Control sample 4.90 4.651 71 days After treatment 4.93 4.622 104 days After treatment 4.88 4.666 128 days After treatment 4.90 4.651 144 days After treatment 4.91 4.643 4.45 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.65 4.70 4.75 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.95 5.00 Magnitude Figure 4: Unit cell volume and density of control and treated Sb2 S3 sample after certain no. of days.
  • 4. Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Page 4 of 5 Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal coalescenceofseveralgrains,duetomovementofcrystalliteboundaries. Nevertheless the movement of crystallite boundaries could be possible if a large amount of energy (at least one-third of melting point) was supplied to the crystallite boundaries (similar to grain growth during sintering of powders at high temperature). Hence, it is hypothesized that energy might have been supplied to the Sb2 S3 either directly through the biofield treatment or via the weak reversible nuclear reactions. FT-IR spectroscopy The FT-IR spectrum of control and treated Sb2 S3 powder is shown in Figures 8a and 8b. The absorption peaks that were observed at 472, 518, 640/cmin control and 472, 516, 640/cmin T1 sample and 472, 516 ,644/cm in T2 sample were attributed to the presence of orthorhombic crystal structure of Sb2 S3 [25,26]. However, no significant change was found in absorption peak positions in the fingerprint region of 400– 700/cm in treated samples. Nevertheless the absorption band intensity was significantly reduced at 1112/cm in both treated samples, T1 and T2, which may be due to change in inter-atomic interaction [26]. The broad absorption bands in the region of 4000 to 2500/cm corresponds to the O–H stretch vibration peak due to the absorbed water. Morphological studies The surface morphology of Sb2 S3 powder was studied using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM micrographs of control and treated Sb2 S3 powders are depicted in Figures 9a and 9b respectively. The SEM images of control Sb2 S3 powder showed the irregular shape with internal agglomerated boundaries and sharp corners on the particles. Contrarily the treated Sb2 S3 samples looks dense, homogenized with an increased agglomerated size. The increases in agglomerate size in treated samples have also supported the particle size results. The agglomerated Sb2 S3  particles in treated samples were appeared as plate-like shape on all around the outer surfaces, which led to increase in surface area. The structural, spectral and morphological studies revealed that the biofield treatment was acting on the structure, atoms, and their nuclei, which significantly affected the unit cell parameters, crystallite size, density, and molecular weight. 71 104 128 144 Percent change in Lattice Parameter a 1.505475018 -0.059790282 0.466541358 0.059524548 Percent change in Lattice Parameter b -0.497335356 -0.148290901 -0.376512276 0.15827117 Percent change in Volume of unit cell 0.63 -0.32 -0.01 0.17 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 PercentChangein Characteristics(%) No. of days After Treatment Figure 5: Percent change in lattice parameters, unit cell volume of Sb2 S3 with number of days after treatment. 71 104 128 144 Percent change in Density -0.621 0.317 0.006 -0.171 Percent change Molecular weight 0.63 -0.32 -0.01 0.17 -0.800 -0.600 -0.400 -0.200 0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800 Percentchange(%) Figure 6: Percent change in density and molecular weight of Sb2 S3 with number of days after treatment. 71 104 128 144 % change in crystallite size 150.01 25.00 66.67 30.40 0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 140.00 160.00 PercentChangein CrystalliteSize(%) Figure 7: Percent change in crystallite size of Sb2 S3 with number of days after treatment. Figure 8a: FTIR spectra of control and treated Sb2 S3 sample T1. Figure 8b: FTIR spectra of control and treated Sb2 S3 sample T2. Figure 9 (a). SEM images of control Sb2S3samples at Magnification of 2000x and 5000x Figure 9a: SEM images of control Sb2 S3 samples at Magnification of 2000x and 5000x.
  • 5. Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165 Page 5 of 5 Volume 4 • Issue 2 • 1000165Ind Eng Manage ISSN: 2169-0316, IEM an open access journal Conclusion Herein we report the influence of biofield treatment on Sb2 S3 powders, and its structural, spectral and physical properties are investigated. The significant increase as well as decrease in particle size and surface area was found in treated Sb2 S3 powder, which may be due to agglomeration, fracturing and welding process caused by high energy milling induced through biofield treatment. The surface morphology study by SEM showed internal agglomerated boundaries and sharp angular particles in Sb2 S3 powder that was probably due to internal friction and high energy impact during milling. 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Citation: Trivedi MK, Nayak G, Patil S, Tallapragada RM, Latiyal O (2015) Impact of Biofield Treatment on Physical, Structural and Spectral Properties of Antimony Sulfide. Ind Eng Manage 4: 165. doi:10.4172/2169-0316.1000165