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Year 2025 Volume 23, Issue 4
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Majeed Ali HABEEB and Shaimaa Mazhar MAHDI

College of Education for Pure Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq

Synthesis of Polymer Blend/Ag Nanocomposites: Morphological and Structural Properties for Gamma-Ray Shielding

1137–1145 (2025)

PACS numbers: 78.30.-j, 78.67.Sc, 81.07.Pr, 82.35.Np, 83.80.Tc, 85.60.Bt

Received 25 February, 2024

In order to use the nanocomposites (NCs) in a variety of optoelectronic nanodevices, this work attempts to create unique nanocomposite films by incorporating silver (Ag) nanostructures into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG). When compared with other nanosystems, PVA/PEG–Ag nanostructures have favourable properties: low weight, improved corrosion resistance, and low cost. The purpose of this work is to examine the structural properties of nanostructures made of PVA/PEG–Ag NCs. As suggested, from FTIR spectra, there is a physical contact between the polymer blend and the nanoparticles (NPs), which leads to a physical interaction between the nanocomposites and the polymer. With the optical microscope, it is observed that a continuous network is formed for the nanoparticles inside the polymer. The nanocomposites created are tested to see, if they could block gamma radiation. According to the experimental results, when exposed by gamma rays, the nanocomposite films of PVA–PEG/Ag NCs exhibit remarkable attenuation coefficients. Thus, it is clear that the addition of Ag NPs improves the final nanocomposite, and this material is believed to be a promising material for gamma-ray shielding and flexible optoelectronic applications.

KEY WORDS: PVA/PEG–Ag nanostructures, FTIR spectra, attenuation coefficient

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.04.1137

Citation:
Majeed Ali Habeeb and Shaimaa Mazhar Mahdi, Synthesis of Polymer Blend/Ag Nanocomposites: Morphological and Structural Properties for Gamma-Ray Shielding, Nanosistemi, Nanomateriali, Nanotehnologii, 23, No. 4: 1137–1145 (2025); https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.04.1137
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