Tunable electrical properties of carbon dot doped photo-responsive azobenzene-clay nanocomposites.

ABSTRACT: The development of photo-responsive nanocomposite materials is important in the fabrication of optoelectronic devices. In this work, we fabricated a carbon dot doped azobenzene-clay nanocomposite which possesses different ac conductivity with and without UV treatment. At first, azobenzene nanoclusters were synthesised and then successfully used to make an azobenzene-clay nanocomposite. It was observed that there is a small change in the ac conductivity of the azobenzene-clay nanocomposite with and without UV treatment. However, this change in ac photoconductivity can be enhanced in the azobenzene-clay nanocomposite by doping with electron-rich cysteine and methionine carbon dots. Hence, ac conductivity properties of the carbon-doped azobenzene-clay nanocomposite can be tuned using UV light

SUBMITTER: Gogoi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9057113 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature