• 文献标题:   Fluorescent N-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots Embedded in Transparent Polymer Films for Photon-Downconversion Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NAZIM M, KIM JH
  • 作者关键词:   agglomeration, click reaction, homogeneou, hydrophobic, nitrogendoped graphene quantum dot, thiolene chemistry, polymer nanocomposite
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2574-0970
  • 通讯作者地址:   DGIST
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsanm.9b02436
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we demonstrate a simple, facile, and efficient one-pot synthesis of polymer-quantum dot nanocomposite films where nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) were homogeneously dispersed in UV-curable, transparent polymer host matrix via the thiol-ene "click" reaction pathway. The highly fluorescent NOA-NGQD nanocomposite films exhibited strong hydrophobicity with water contact angle (>69 degrees) owing to restructuring of the polymer chain networks. The various functional groups of the N-GQD surface, as carbonyl, amine, and hydroxyl groups, provided more interactive sites and low agglomeration to develop the strong electrostatic interactions between the NOA and N-GQDs, resulting in flexible NOA-NGQDs nanocomposites. Thus, obtained NOA-NGQD nanocomposites exhibited high transparency (>90%), low band-gap, and strong fluorescence spectral peak (>500 nm) after the homogeneous inclusion of N-GQDs in the NOA polymer matrix. This study paves the way to diverse applications of functionalized GQDs as well as transparent polymers for the development of hydrophobic polymer-QD nanocomposites by using UV catalyzed thiol-ene chemistry. Hence, as synthesized nanocomposite films would be widely applicable in flexible electronic display devices, light emitting diodes (LEDs), and optoelectronic applications.