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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 112, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4749414
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- [UM.C/625/1/HIR/041]
- [Vot. F F016/2004]
- [UM.C/HIR/MOHE/SC/06]
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ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) were synthesized by a new, simple sol-gel method in gelatin media (particle size of ZnO approximate to 30 to 60 nm). Polyurethane/ZnO nanocomposites thin films (PU/ZnO-NPs) were prepared by mixing the ZnO-NPs into PU prepolymer. The nanocomposites were structurally characterized using Fourier transmission infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The interaction between ZnO-NPs and PU matrix is studied by analyzing the differences in C=O region and N-H region of FTIR spectra. The morphology of ZnO and PU/ZnO nanocomposites were assessed using transmission electron micrograph, TEM, and field emission scanning electron microscope, FESEM, respectively. The dielectric properties of ZnO-NPs were attributed to the interfacial and orientation polarization. Measurement is reported for the real and imaginary parts of the ac conductivity of ZnO-NPs in the frequency range of 10 to 10(6) Hz in the temperature range 298-478K. The experimental results are interpreted in terms of the classical correlated-barrier hopping theory. In addition, the dielectric properties of PU/ZnO nanocomposites (0-15 vol. % filler concentration) were analyzed with respect to frequency. Quantitative analysis based on mixing laws for two-phase spherical dispersion system such as Lichtenecker, Maxwell, Jayasundere and Smith, and Yamada equations was used to predict the effective permittivity accurately up to 15 vol. % of ZnO in PU matrix. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4749414]
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