Thermally assisted semiconductor-like to insulator transition in gold-poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites |
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Authors: | Abyaneh Majid Kazemian Pasricha Renu Gosavi S W Kulkarni S K |
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Affiliation: | DST Unit on Nanoscience, Department of Physics, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, India. Department of Physics, University of Shahed, Tehran, Iran. |
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Abstract: | Gold-polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) nanocomposites were fabricated by mixing gold nanoparticles capped with oleylamine in polymethylmethacrylate. The samples were analysed using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, small angle x-ray scattering, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Electrical resistivity of nanocomposite samples was measured by a four-probe technique in the 70-300?K range. The nanocomposites showed a transition with an onset at ~160-165?K. They exhibited a semiconductor-like conductivity at higher temperatures and nearly temperature independent conductivity at lower temperatures. The interfacial interaction of Au nanoparticles and PMMA polymer is investigated using FTIR and XPS. A ligand-exchange process occurs when capped gold nanoparticles are incorporated in PMMA polymer. |
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