{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(45)"],"submitter":["Parangusan H"],"funding":["Qatar University"],"pubmed_abstract":["Polyaniline (PANI)/Cu-ZnS composites with porous microspheres are prepared by a hydrothermal and <i>in situ</i> polymerization method. The structural, optical, and morphological properties are characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, FTIR, UV-vis, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope. The XRD results confirmed that the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite is formed. The morphological analyses exhibited that the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite comprises the porous microspherical structures. The emission peaks obtained in photoluminescence spectra confirm the presence of surface defects in the prepared composite. The UV-DRS study shows that the bandgap of the samples is found to decrease for the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite compared to the pure Cu-ZnS sample. The calculated band gap (<i>E</i> <s"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pagination":["26604-26612"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9055402"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Investigation of the structural, optical and gas sensing properties of PANI coated Cu-ZnS microsphere composite."],"pmcid":["PMC9055402"],"pubmed_authors":["Bhadra J","Al-Thani N","Parangusan H","Touati F","Ahmad Z","Mallick S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Investigation of the structural, optical and gas sensing properties of PANI coated Cu-ZnS microsphere composite.","description":"Polyaniline (PANI)/Cu-ZnS composites with porous microspheres are prepared by a hydrothermal and <i>in situ</i> polymerization method. The structural, optical, and morphological properties are characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, FTIR, UV-vis, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope. The XRD results confirmed that the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite is formed. The morphological analyses exhibited that the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite comprises the porous microspherical structures. The emission peaks obtained in photoluminescence spectra confirm the presence of surface defects in the prepared composite. The UV-DRS study shows that the bandgap of the samples is found to decrease for the PANI/Cu-ZnS composite compared to the pure Cu-ZnS sample. The calculated band gap (<i>E</i> <s","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2025-04-22T07:45:03.175Z","creation":"2025-04-05T22:18:32.238Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9055402","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35515812"],"doi":["10.1039/d0ra04991c"]}}