Abstract
In this work, we reported a new insight on the kinetics of photoisomerization and time evolution of hybrid thin films considering the azo-dye methyl red (MR) incorporated with graphene accommodated in polyethylene oxide (PEO). The kinetics of photoisomerization and time-evolution of hybrid thin films were investigated using UV-Vis s and FTIR spectroscopies, as well as appropriate models developed with new analytical methods. The existence of azo-dye MR in the complex is crucial for the resource action of the trans cis cycles through UV-illumination Visible-illumination relaxations. The results of the UV–Vis and the FTIR investigations prove the cyclical trans cis-states. Consequently, PEO-(MR-Graphene) hybrid composite thin films can be introduced as possible applicants for photochromic molecular switches, light-gated transistors, and molecular solar thermal energy storage media.
Highlights
This work’s main objective is to investigate the kinetics of photoisomerization processes of polymeric thin films performed with azo-dye incorporated with graphene accommodated in polyethylene oxide (PEO)
The significant pronounced vibrational bonds that appeared in PEO-(MR–Graphene) hybrid nanocomposite thin films were found to be related to the aromatic rings, the azo- chromophores (–N=N–), the stretching bonds of C–N, and others such as C–H
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) measurements were performed to investigate the morphological features of the PEO-(MR–Graphene) hybrid nanocomposite thin films
Summary
Polymers go under a photodegradation process via UV light-absorption (in particular) by backbone-carbonyl groups induced by photochemical reactions. Azo dyes usually degrade under the influence of UV-irradiation, especially when a photocatalytic source of metal oxide is presented. ZnO, TiO2, SnO2, and CuO are mostly used as photocatalytic oxidation sources for the degradation process [18,19]. This work’s main objective is to investigate the kinetics of photoisomerization processes of polymeric thin films performed with azo-dye (methyl red) incorporated with graphene accommodated in polyethylene oxide (PEO). The optical and chemical characteristics of the trans- and cis-isomers of the PEO-MR-Graphene hybrid complexes are usually investigated via the UV–Vis and the FTIR techniques. To the best of our knowledge, we are not aware of any practical investigation of the kinetics of PEO-MR-Graphene hybrid composites’ methodological isomerization via optical studies
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