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Structural and optical properties of synthesized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and lanthanide \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes incorporated electrospun PMMA nanofibres for optical devices

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Fabrication of electrospun nanofibres is the glittering area of research because of their flexible characteristics and numerous applications in almost all walks of life and technology. Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is one of the significant and interested synthetic polymers in the recent research because of their characteristic properties like higher environmental stability, resistance to attack by moulds and enzymes, commercial availability, easiness to handle, etc. In the present study, pristine PMMA nanofibres with diameters of 60–150 nm with 109 nm as the most distributed one are prepared by an electrospinning method using a binary solvent mixture. An enhancement in the intensity of visible photoluminescence emission is observed in PMMA nanofibres embedded with samarium and neodymium \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes. The morphological incorporation of samarium and neodymium \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes in PMMA nanofibres and material composition of the samples are examined by high resolution electron microscopy analyses. The amorphous nature and molecular bonding of pure PMMA nanofibres and incorporated fibre complexes are elucidated through structural and molecular analyses. The supreme optical absorptions and reemissions of samarium and neodymium \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes embedded in the pure PMMA fibre sample in the visible region indicate not only their application in lighting or display devices, but also as active materials in organic light emitting diodes for new era curved/rolled display devices.

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Ultrafine poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanofibres and those incorporated with the prepared lanthanide complexes are also prepared by an electrospinning method. An enhancement in the intensity of visible photoluminescence emission is observed in PMMA nanofibres embedded with samarium and neodymium \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes. The supreme optical absorptions and reemissions of samarium and neodymium \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes embedded in the pure PMMA fibre sample in the visible region indicate not only their application in lighting or display devices but also as active materials in organic light emitting diodes for new era curved/rolled display devices.

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The authors thank UGC for financial assistance, KSCSTE for providing fund for the electrospinning machine and MATCH! 2 software developers for providing online facilities for comparing XRD patterns.

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    Princy Philip, E Tomlal Jose, K C Philip & P C Thomas

  2. Department of Physics, Marthoma College for Women, Perumbavoor, 683542, India

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Philip, P., Thomas, P., Jose, E.T. et al. Structural and optical properties of synthesized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and lanthanide \(\upbeta \)-diketonate complexes incorporated electrospun PMMA nanofibres for optical devices. Bull Mater Sci 42, 218 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-019-1893-2

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