Tek, SümeyraDemir, Hilmi VolkanYucel, D.Celiker G.2016-02-082016-02-082007http://hdl.handle.net/11693/27038Date of Conference: 26-31 Aug. 2007We develop optically efficient photocatalytic ZnO nanoparticles that we chemically embed and well disperse into host PVAc thin films and experimentally demonstrate the highest optical efficiency of ∼70% in ZnO nanoparticle films, with increasing optical spectral efficiency as the excitation wavelength is swept from 370 nm to 290 nm. ©2007 Optical Society of America.EnglishLiquid phase epitaxyNanostructured materialsPlastics molding machinesSemiconducting zinc compoundsSpectrum analyzersThick filmsZinc alloysZinc oxideElectro-opticsOptical efficiencyPacific RimZnO nano-particlesNanoparticlesConference Paper10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391657