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The tuning of photophysical properties of the poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyl-octyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]—end capped with dimethylphenyl (DMP), MDMO-PPV–DMP, was achieved by incorporation of ZnO NPs with various contents. Hybrid nanocomposites of MDMO-PPV–DMP with ZnO NPs were prepared by solution blending method and then deposited onto glass substrates. The structural properties of the hybrid nanocomposites samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction, FTIR, and FE-SEM, while their optical properties were extracted from the absorption and photoluminescence spectra. The energy band gap, energy tail, steepness parameter, and CIE chromatic coordinates were tuned by increase the content of ZnO NPs into the polymer matrix. The ZnO NPs incorporation assists the emission wavelength shift and multicolor emitting from the hybrid nanocomposites.

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The photophysical properties of poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyl-octyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] – End capped with dimethylphenyl (DMP), OC1C10–PPV–DMP, were modified by incorporation various contents of the nanocomposites of both anatase TiO2 and wurtzite ZnO (ZTNCs). The solution blending method was employed to prepare the nanocomposite hybrids of OC1C10–PPV–DMP with ZTNCs before depositing them onto glass substrates. The optical parameters of the hybrid nanocomposite thin films were extracted from both absorption and photoluminescence spectra. XRD, FTIR, and FE-SEM revealed the good incorporation of ZTNC into the polymer matrix with the formation of a nanocomposite structure. By increasing the content of ZTNCs in the polymer matrix, the optical parameters of OC1C10–PPV–DMP such as energy band gap, energy tail, steepness parameter, and CIE chromatic coordinates were tuned. The incorporation of ZTNCs resulted in broadened and improved absorption and emission peaks of the polymer with a systematic shift for its corresponding maximum peaks. These unique findings are crucial for improving the performance of optoelectronic devices based on OC1C10–PPV–DMP/ZTNCs.