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Tailoring Chitosan Nanocomposites for Planar Optical Waveguide Applications

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An integrated photonic chitosan optical sensor was obtained via preparation of chitosan-based silica-phosphate nano-composites doped with 1 mol % of Er3+ ions using sol gel technique. The prepared nano-composites were investigated by using the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and the X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphology of the prepared nano-composites was determined by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The near infrared (NIR) luminescence spectra results indicated the presence of 4I13/2 → 4I15/2 transition for Er3+ ions at about 1.54 µm confirming that the chitosan-based silica-phosphate/Er3+ nano-composites are promising candidates for planar wave guide applications in the NIR region.

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  1. Polymers and Pigments Department, National Research Center (NRC), 12622, Dokki, Egypt

    Eman H. Ahmed, Magdy M. H Ayoub & Amal Amin

  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed I. Hashem

  3. Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Matthias Adlung & Claudia Wickleder

  4. Solid State Physics Department, National Research Centre (NRC), 12622, Dokki, Egypt

    Inas K. Battisha

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Ahmed, E.H., Hashem, A.I., Adlung, M. et al. Tailoring Chitosan Nanocomposites for Planar Optical Waveguide Applications. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 64, 342–353 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X22700122

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