Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144448
Keywords
nanocomposite; polycarbonate; ZnO nanoparticles; surface properties; UV irradiation
Funding
- Portuguese Science Foundation (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia-FCT) [CQC UIDB/00313/2020, UIDP/00313/2020]
- Bu-Ali Sina University
- FEDER/COMPETE 2020-EU
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Polycarbonate (PC)-ZnO nanocomposite films prepared by a solution stirring technique showed increased crystallinity, reduced water contact angle, and enhanced microhardness after ultraviolet irradiation.
Polycarbonate (PC)-ZnO films with different percentages of ZnO were prepared by a solution stirring technique and subjected to ultraviolet (UV; lambda = 254 nm) irradiation. Structural parameters of the samples and the effects of UV irradiation on the surface properties of the PC and PC-ZnO nanocomposites were evaluated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), water contact angle (WCA) measurements, and a Vickers microhardness (H-V) tester. The XRD patterns of the nanocomposite films were found to show an increase in crystallinity with the increasing ZnO nanoparticles percentage. The WCA was found to be reduced from 90 degrees to 17 degrees after 15 h of UV irradiation, which could be ascribed to the oxidation of the surface of the samples during the irradiation and exposure of the ZnO nanoparticles, a result that is also supported by the obtained XPS data. The microhardness value of the PC-ZnO films including 30 wt.% ZnO enhanced considerably after UV radiation, which can also be attributed to the exposition of the ZnO nanoparticles after photodegradation of the PC superficial layer of the nanocomposite films.
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