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Optical, structural and morphological properties of synthesized PANI-CSA-PEO-based GaN nanocomposite films for optoelectronic applications

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Nanocomposite films of polyaniline protonated with camphor sulfonic acid (PANI-CSA) hosted in polyethylene oxide (PEO) and incorporated with gallium nitride nanoparticles (GaN-NPs) were synthesized and characterized. Nanocomposite films were coated on activated fused silica substrates by employing the spin coating technique. Films of PANI-CSA, PEO, PANI-CSA-PEO, and PANI-CSA-PEO incorporated with GaN-NPs with a weight percent ratio of 10%, 20.07%, 38.76%, 77.83%, 93.03%, 100.78%, and 155.04% with respect to PANI-CSA were characterized using UV–Vis spectroscopy, XRD, and SEM. Refractive index (n), extinction coefficient (k), absorption coefficient (α), and bandgap energies (Eg) were deduced. The refractive index value of PANI-CSA-PEO at 550 nm is found to be 1.72. It increases to 1.82 when GaN-NPs have been added to PANI-CSA-PEO solution by 10 wt.%. Then, it decreased to 1.63 when GaN-NPs concentration was increased to 20.07 wt.%. When GaN-NPs is increased further to higher concentrations, the material becomes GaN-rich PANI-CSA-PEO, and the refractive index takes values ranging between 1.56 and 1.66 at the higher concentration. The typical crystalline structure of PANI-CSA was vanishing gradually as GaN-NPs content was increasing at 155% wt.%, and the GaN crystalline nature was dominating the film crystallography. Results are anticipated to contribute to preparing smart multifunctional devices based on the PANI-CSA-PEO doped with GaN-NPs.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Jordan. Our thanks are extended to Prof. Mohammad-Ali H. Al-Akhras for helping our members to use his biomedical laboratories. Credit Author Statement: Ahmad A. Ahmad: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing- Reviewing and Editing. Areen A. Bani-Salameh: Data acquisition, Writing-Original draft preparation, Software. Qais M. Al-Bataineh: Data collection, Methodology, Data acquisition, Writing-Original draft preparation, Software, Inshad Jum’h, Conceptualization, Methodology, and Ahmad D. Telfah: Visualization, Supervision and revising the final draft

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    Ahmad A. Ahmad, Areen A. Bani-Salameh & Qais M. Al-Bataineh

  2. Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften‐ISAS‐e.V, Bunsen‐Kirchhoff‐Straße 11, 44139, Dortmund, Germany

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    Inshad Jum’h

  4. Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research (HMCSR), The Jordan University, Amman, 11942, Jordan

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Ahmad, A.A., Bani-Salameh, A.A., Al-Bataineh, Q.M. et al. Optical, structural and morphological properties of synthesized PANI-CSA-PEO-based GaN nanocomposite films for optoelectronic applications. Polym. Bull. 80, 809–828 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-021-04033-w

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