ArticlePolymers2025
Polymeric Nanocomposites of Polyvinyl Alcohol Embedded with ZnO/CuO/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Optical and Radiation Shielding Investigations.
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The optical and radiation shielding of PVA have been enhanced through embedding with ZnO/CuO/SWCNT (ZCS) nanocomposites. ZCS polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs) were prepared with the solution casting method. Scanning electron, optical microscopy and FT-IR procedures were performed to examine the surfaces' morphology and structures' modifications. UV-visible measurements were carried out to investigate the linear/nonlinear optical properties. The optical investigations show significant alterations in the optical parameters of PVA due to ZCS embedding. The UV-visible analysis shows that the optical parameters, including the transmittance, energy bandgap, refractive index, dielectric constants and optical conductivity of PVA, are tuned through ZCS embedding. The direct and indirect bandgap of PVA shrank from 5.42 eV and 4.99 eV (neat PVA) to 3.20 eV and 2.26 eV (10 wt.% ZCS PNCs). The nonlinear optical (NLO) constants (first order susceptibility (χ
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