Influence of Polyaniline on the Structural, Linear/Nonlinear Optical, and Dielectric Characteristics of Poly(Vinyl Chloride/Poly (Ethylene Oxide) Blends

Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/polyethylene oxide (PEO)/x wt % polyaniline (PANI) polymer blends were produced using a solvent casting method. X-ray diffraction was used to investigate the formed blends. The effect of adding different amounts of PANI on the light absorbance, transmittance, reflectance, extinction coefficient, refractive index, optical dielectric properties, nonlinear optical parameters and relaxation time characteristics of the PVC/PEO blends were explored. The direct and indirect optical band gap energies of the undoped PVC/PEO were 4.25 and (4.06, 2.76) eV, respectively. The direct and indirect optical band gap energies were reduced to their lowest values (4.02, 3.1) and (3.68, 2.14, 1.12) eV as the amounts of PANI were increased to 0.2 wt %. The effect of alloying between PVC and PEO and adding PANI on the emitted fluorescence spectra under various excitation wavelengths were investigated. All samples displayed varying degrees of blue-violet, blue, or blue-green colors depending on the concentrations of PANI.