Development of optically transparent ZnS/poly(vinylpyrrolidone) nanocomposite films with high refractive indices and high Abbe numbers

• Main Authors: Zhang, Quanyuan, Goh, Eunice Shing Mei, Judeh, Zaher, Chan-Park, Mary B., Chen, Tupei, Xu, Rong, Beuerman, Roger W.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102255; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18941
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A series of optically transparent ZnS-poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) nanocomposite films with high refractive indices and high Abbe numbers have been prepared. Mercaptoethanol (ME) capped ZnS nanoparticles (NPs) were introduced into the PVP polymer matrix via simple blending with high nanophase conten...