Enhancing the Optical Properties of Starch/ZnO Nanocomposites using Graphene Oxide

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Rania Badry ¹
• Maroof A. Hegazy ²
• Ibrahim S. Yahia ^{3, 4}
• Hanan Elhaes ¹
• Heba Y. Zahran ^{3, 5}
• Ahmed I. Abdel-Salam ⁶
• Hanan Matar ⁶
• Medhat A. Ibrahim ^{6, 7}

¹ Physics Department, Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University, 11757 Cairo, Egypt;

² National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), 11421 Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

³ Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 61413, P.O. Box 9004, Saudi Arabia.

⁴ Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Bio-Medical Applications (NLEBA), Semiconductor Lab., Metallurgical Lab.1., Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, 11757 Cairo, Egypt.

⁵ 5Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Bio-Medical Applications (NLEBA), Semiconductor Lab., Metallurgical Lab.1., Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, 11757 Cairo, Egypt.

⁶ Nanotechnology Research Centre (NTRC), The British University in Egypt (BUE), Suez Desert Road, El-Sherouk City, Cairo, 11837, Egypt.

⁷ Molecular Spectroscopy and Modeling Unit, Spectroscopy Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Keywords

• Starch
• Zinc oxide
• GO and UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

Main Subjects

• Nanotechnology