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Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of chitosan–La$_2$O$_3$ nanocomposite
AYMAN A ZAKI MOHAMMED KHALAFALLA KHADIJAH H ALHARBI KHALED D KHALIL
Volume 45 Published: 7 July 2022 Article ID 0128
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Keywords
Chitosan ;La$_2$O$_3$ ;composite film ;electrochemical ;optical properties. -
Abstract
Chitosan-based polymeric films doped with La$_2$O$_3$ nanoparticles at various weight percentages (5, 10, 15 and 20 La$_2$O$_3$/CS) were developed by the simple solution cast transformation. The structural features of those nanocomposite films were studied by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra. FTIR spectra exhibited the major characteristic signals of chitosan (CS) that were shifted noticeably as aresult of the chemical interaction with La$_2$O$_3$ molecules. SEM images exhibited a noticeable morphological variation in the surface of CS, which is attributed to surface adsorption with La$_2$O$_3$ nanoparticles. Moreover, the XRD pattern revealed that there is an obvious enhancement in the CS crystallinity upon the interaction with metal oxide nanoparticles. Refractive index as an optical parameter, energy bandgap and absorption coefficient for the CS–La$_2$O$_3$ composite wereconsidered and compared with the native CS film.
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Author Affiliations
AYMAN A ZAKI1 2 MOHAMMED KHALAFALLA1 KHADIJAH H ALHARBI3 KHALED D KHALIL4 5
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Yanbu 46423, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences & Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 25732, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Almunawrah, Yanbu 46423, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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Dates
- Published
- 7 July 2022
- Manuscript received
- 1 December 2021
- Accepted
- 22 February 2022
- Final version published online
- 7 July 2022
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