Optoelectronic applications of hybrid luminescent nanocomposites

Abstract

In modern time, nanoparticles have been utilized extensively as a photocatalyst for removing a wide range of contaminants from polluted water such as organic dyes, pesticides, pharmaceutical waste etc. Herein, we have utilized a new type of inorganic-organic hybrid coacervates as photocatalytic nanoreactor. We fabricated a new CD-embedded hybrid coacervate by simple mixing of anionic carbon dots (CDs) and cationic polymer poly (diallyl dimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) and equilibrated this binary mixture for 12 h at room temperature to get CD embedded droplets (CD-Ds) via electrostatic interactions. Next, these CD Ds were utilized for the selective detection of pharmaceutical contaminants in waste water.