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Structurally modified electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate) nanofibers as advanced host matrices for PbS quantum dots

Journal

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 138, Issue 23, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.50534

Keywords

host matrix; PbS quantum dots; photoluminescence; poly(methyl methacrylate); surface modifications

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  1. UGC
  2. KSCSTE

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The present work investigates the host matrix nature of pure and structurally modified PMMA nanofibers with PbS quantum dots, showing that coaxial hollow PMMA nanofibers are the best host matrix. Quantum dots enhance the optical properties of the nanofibers and improve the efficiency of methylene blue dye degradation.
The present work deals with the studies of the host matrix nature of pure and structurally modified surface roughened and coaxial hollow electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanofibers to lead sulphide (PbS) quantum dots. The various structural and molecular analyses conducted on these samples proved the advancements and structural modifications made in the properties of pure PMMA nanofibers by electrospinning and selective dissolution. The successful incorporation of the quantum dots to pure and structurally modified PMMA nanofibers and hence the host matrix nature of these nanofibers is proved by different spectral analyses of the samples. The coaxial hollow PMMA nanofibers are found to be the best host matrix among these PMMA nanofibers as proved by the optical studies of the samples. Photoluminescence analyses of the samples showed the influence of these quantum dots on the optical properties of PMMA nanofibers. It is observed here that, the quantum dots enhance the intensity of coaxial hollow PMMA nanofibers to about four times than its virgin form. The pure and structurally modified PMMA nanofibers incorporated with PbS quantum dots are proved to be efficient for the degradation of methylene blue dye where coaxial hollow PMMA nanofibers incorporated with PbS quantum dots is the best.

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