The effect of the method of production of ZnO (the sol-gel method, thermal decomposition of zinc salts, template synthesis) on the optical and photoluminescent characteristics of nanocomposites with an organic semiconducting polymer (MEH-PPV) was determined. It was shown that the presence of zinc oxide nanoparticles shifts the absorption and luminescence bands of MEH-PPV toward the blue side. This may be caused both by change in the conformation of the macromolecules during their interaction with the surface of the inorganic matrix and by the disturbing action of the ZnO particles on the position of the energy levels of the polymer.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 331–337, November–December, 2008.
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Konoshchuk, N.V., Grebinskaya, L.N. & Pokhodenko, V.D. Effect of the method of production of the inorganic matrix on the spectral characteristics of hybrid ZnO/MEH-PPV nanocomposites. Theor Exp Chem 44, 339–344 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-009-9053-1
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