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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
We report the synthesis of a nanocomposite materials consisting of gallium nitride (GaN) confined in the well ordered mesoporous transparent matrix MCM-41 with the help of the metalorganic single source precursor triazido(trimethylamine)gallium using solution impregnation technique. The loading of the pores of MCM-41 with GaN was confirmed by chemical analysis, XRD, TEM, BET, NMR and optical spectroscopy (PL and PL-excitation spectroscopy). The composites exhibit a blue shift of the bandgap of GaN due to quantum confinement.