New nanomaterials for plastic electronics based on metal-oxide and metal-sulphide polymer composites

The field of nanoscale systems is important for fundamental physics as well as for many new applications. The development and investigation of nanocomposites based on metal-containing polymers (MPNC) are important fields of nanotechnology. The MPNC consists of a two-phase system of metal-containing nano-particles (NPs) in a polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix materials for NPs include high pressure polyethylene (HPPE) and superdispersed polytetrafluoroethylene (UDPFE). We report the results of spectral investigations of the optical luminescence properties of nanocomposites based on volume type NPs (ZnO-HPPE), and surface type NPs (CdS-UDPTFE). The experimental data demonstrate that the electro physical properties of the artificial environment based on MCCs (metal-containing compounds) can be effectively controlled at mass percentage concentrations of NPs in the polymeric matrix of less than the rejection limit (xc=50%).