Figure 1

(A) UV–Vis absorbance spectra of PVP-ZnO QDs (a), PVA-ZnO QDs (b) and ZnO QDs (c) synthesized using 5mM Zinc acetate and 10 mM concentration of NaOH with 5 mg/ml of polymer capping agent. (Inset: Corresponding Tauc plots). (B) FTIR Spectra of (a) ZnO QDS, (b) PVP-ZnO QDs and (c) PVA-ZnO QDS.