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Synthesis, characterization, optical and electrical properties of novel highly dendritic polythiophene nanocomposites with silver and/or gold

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Novel highly dendritic polythiophene/gold PT/Au and polythiophene/silver PT/Ag nanocomposites have been successfully prepared. Polythiophene PT has been also prepared for comparison. The obtained polymers have been characterized via scanning electron microscopy SEM, transmission electron microscopy TEM, UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy FT-IR and thermo gravimetric analysis TGA. Optical as well as electrical properties have been also investigated. It was found that the highly dendritic structure of the nanocomposites resulted in high improvements in the optical and electrical properties for the nanocomposites rather than that of pure PT.

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The authors wish to thank Research and Development Department, Eagle Chemicals Company, 6th October City, Egypt for generous and sincere assistance toward carrying out some of the necessary investigations and analysis in this work.

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  1. Department of Polymers and Pigments, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, 12622, Egypt

    Noha Elhalawany

  2. Eagle Chemicals Company, Industrial Zone # 2, Part No. 233, 6th October, Egypt

    Michael A. Awad

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo, 11795, Egypt

    Magdy K. Zahran

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Elhalawany, N., Awad, M.A. & Zahran, M.K. Synthesis, characterization, optical and electrical properties of novel highly dendritic polythiophene nanocomposites with silver and/or gold. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 8970–8977 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-8921-7

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