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SnO₂–ZnO thin films consisting of nanoscale crystallites were obtained on glass and silicon substrates by solid-phase low-temperature pyrolysis. The synthesized materials were studied by XRD and SEM methods, electrophysical and optical properties were evaluated, as well as the band gap was calculated. It was shown that regardless of the phase composition all films were optically transparent in the visible range (310–1000 nm). The nanocrystallites’ minimum size, the highest activation energy of the conductivity and the smallest band gap calculated for indirect transitions were shown for a thin film 50SnO₂–50ZnO. It was assumed that the band gap decreasing might be attributed to the existence of surface electric fields with a strength higher than 4 × 10⁵ V/cm.

Copolymer based on triphenylamine (TPA) and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) is polymerized electrochemically. The structure, morphology and electrochemical properties of the obtained copolymer are investigated by cyclic voltammetry and FT-IR spectroscopy. The results confirm the copolymerization of TPA/EDOT. UV-vis spectra show that the absorption peaks of the copolymer are different from those of Polytriphenylamine. Moreover, photoluminescence spectra of the copolymer exhibit great changes in emission color from pale blue to pale green with the variety of ratio of two monomers. Therefore, the monomer feed ratio plays important roles in the optical property of this copolymer.