BARC/PUB/10//0220

 
 

Tailoring absorption and emission of light in dielectric polymer nanofluids of reinforced poly(vinylidene fluoride) with silver nanoparticles

 
     
 
Author(s)

Phule, A. D.; Ram, S.; Tyagi, A. K.

ABSTRACT

Polymer nanofluids of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVF2) containing 0-5 wt % Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) are synthesized via a simple in situ caloric Ag+ ® Ag reaction in liquid N,N-dimethyl formamide by sonication in hot conditions. An upright dielectric field on formation of a percolation network over the electron donor Ag NPs and electron acceptor CF2 from an ordered b-PVF2 tailors light absorption 250-550 nm and green emission 520-620 nm of variable intensities, with a small percolation threshold of 0.1 wt % Ag NPs. On higher Ag contents, the intensity drops rapidly in both the absorption and emission roughly by an order of magnitude, following the percolation theory of a hybrid dielectric composite. Results open scope of developing newer materials for optical sensors, barcodes, energy transfer pairs, or light emitters.

 
 
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