What is the role of PVA? What is the effect of the radiation on the PVA matrix?

Navajyoti Choudhury @Navajyoti-Choudhury

01 October 2012 0 6K Report

PbS quantum dots are prepared following an inexpensive chemical route using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as the dielectric host matrix. So what is the role of PVA ? Again we have irradiated the sample with swift heavy ion irradiation. What is the effect of radiation on the PVA matrix?

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