Synthesis and Boosting the Structural and Optical Characteristics of PMMA/SiC/CdS Hybrid Nanomaterials for Future Optical and Nanoelectronics Applications

• Published in: Journal of inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 703 - 711
• Main Authors: Hashim, Ahmed, Alshrefi, Saif M., Abed, Hussein H., Hadi, Aseel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cadmium sulfide; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Energy gap; Inorganic Chemistry; Nanocomposites; Nanoelectronics; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Optical properties; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Polymethyl methacrylate; Silicon carbide; Energy gap; CdS; PMMA; SiC; Optical properties; Nanoelectronics
• ISSN: 1574-1443; 1574-1451
• DOI: 10.1007/s10904-023-02866-8

The present work goals to fabricate of silicon carbide (SiC)/cadmium sulphide (CdS) nanostructures loaded poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) as future nanocomposite to apply in various promising optical and nanoelectronics applications. The structural and optical properties of PMMA/SiC/CdS nanostructures were tested. The obtained results showed that the absorbance of PMMA increased of 23.2% at λ = 240 nm, λ = 32.1% at λ = 540 nm and 34.7% at λ = 840 nm while the transmittance reduced with increasing of the SiC/CdS NPs content of 5.7 wt%. The indirect energy gap of PMMA reduced from 3.95 to 3.48 eV for allowed transition and from 3.82 to 3.2 eV when the SiC/CdS NPs content reached of 5.7 wt%, and these results make them are useful for optical and nanoelectronics fields. The other optical parameters of PMMA enhanced with rising the SiC/CdS NPs content. Finally, the results confirmed that the PMMA/SiC/CdS nanostructures can be considered as future nanocomposite to utilize in different promising optical and nanoelectronics applications.