ABSTRACT
Polymer nanocomposites are made up of two or more phases wherein the inorganic particles are dispersed in a polymer matrix. The present article deals with Co-doped ZnO embedded in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix using a sol-gel method. The synthesized nanocomposites were structurally characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the optical properties were studied using photoluminescence and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. Thermal studies including thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were conducted to the study stability of the nanocomposites.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Vice Chancellor, DIAT, for giving us support toward publication. We thank ER&IPR, DRDO New Delhi for funding the project “DRDO-DIAT Programme on Nanomaterials.”