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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical NANOTECHNOLOGY

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Experimental and Theoretical NANOTECHNOLOGY (ETN) abbreviated as Exp. Theo. NANOTECHNOLOGY is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed and open access journal. It includes specialized research papers, short communications, reviews and selected conference papers in special issues on the characterization, synthesis, processing, structure and properties of different principles and applications of nanotechnology with focus on advantageous achievements and applications for the specialists in engineering, chemistry, physics, materials science and medicine. ETN covers and publishes all aspects of fundamental and applied researches of experimental and theoretical nanoscale technology dealing with materials synthesis, processing, nanofabrication, nanoprobes, spectroscopy, properties, biological systems, nanostructures, nanoelectronics, nano-optics, nano-mechanics, nanodevices, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanotoxicology within the scope of the journal. ETN aims to acquire the recent and outstanding researches for the benefit of the human being.



OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND FT-IR SPECTRA OF PANI/F-MWCNT THIN FILMS


Polyaniline (PANI) and  PANI/f-MWCNT thin films  have been synthesized by the in-situ chemical polymerization method. Ammonium persulfate (NH4)2S2O8  and hydrochloric acid (HCL) were used as an oxidizing agent and protonic acid dopant  respectively.  The f-MWCNT was added to PANI matrix to enhance and modify its optical properties. The films were  deposited on  glass substrates by dip coating method and its characterizations were done by UV-Vis (Ultra-Violet Visible Spectrophotometer)  and  FTIR (Fourier transform Spectroscopy) in the region of (650–2500) cm−1. The optical energy gap and optical constants such as the reflective index, the extinction coefficient and others were carried out from the optical measurements in the wavelength range (300-900) nm. The optical results indicate that the prepared films have allowed direct transition and the optical energy gap depends on the different weight percentages of f-MWCNT which was used as a dopant. FTIR  spectrum  shows several absorption peaks centred at around  1556, 692, 1235, 830,  1450 and 1280 cm−1 which consider the characteristic band peaks of polyaniline.   
Keywords: PANI/f-MWCNT thin films, In-situ polymarization method, Optical properties