The surface of pure polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microfibers was modified with ZnO and graphene (G), and the composite was studied using ATR-FTIR, XRD, and FESEM. FTIR results showed that two significant bands appeared at 1556 cm and 515 cm as indications for CuO and G interaction. The SEM results indicated that CuO and G were distributed uniformly on the surface of the PTFE microfibers, confirming the production of the PTFE/CuO/G composite. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed on PTFE polymer nanocomposites containing various metal oxides (MOs) such as MgO, AlO, SiO, TiO, FeO, NiO, CuO, ZnO, and ZrO at the B3LYP level using the LAN2DZ basis set. Total dipole moment (TDM) and HOMO/LUMO bandgap energy ΔE both show that the physical and electrical characteristics of PTFE with OCu change to 76.136 Debye and 0.400 eV, respectively. PTFE/OCu was investigated to observe its interaction with graphene quantum dots (GQDs). The results show that PTFE/OCu/GQD ZTRI surface conductivity improved significantly. As a result, the TDM of PTFE/OCu/GQD ZTRI and the HOMO/LUMO bandgap energy ΔE were 39.124 Debye and ΔE 0.206 eV, respectively. The new electrical characteristics of PTFE/OCu/GQD ZTRI indicate that this surface is appropriate for electronic applications.
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