Crystalline properties of ZnO doped poly (methyl methacrylate) PMMA thin films

Abstract

The present study deals with the synthesis and characterization of Pure PMMA polymer film and ZnO incorporated PMMA composite film using X-ray diffraction technique.The pure PMMA and ZnO incorporated PMMA composite were prepared by solution casting method. The crystalline properties such as crystallite size, interplanar distance and crystallinity index has been calculated and studied as a function of ZnO. The study reveals that, as we increase the concentration of ZnO in to the PMMA film, the crystalline properties are enhancing. The crystallinity index for pure PMMA, .05% and .1% ZnO doped PMMA are found to be 15.73% , 22.2% and 24.17% respectively.