Abstract
For 0 < q < 1, we define a new class \({{\mathcal{R}}_{q}}\) of analytic functions using q-difference operator, which is a q-analogue of class \(\mathcal{R}\) . We prove that the class \(\mathcal{R}\) is properly contained in \({{\mathcal{R}}_{q}}\) and find a sharp lower bound for the real part of \({{D}_{q}}f\) , where f ∈ \({{\mathcal{R}}_{q}}\) . We investigate certain convolution properties of functions in the class \({{\mathcal{R}}_{q}}\) including that the class \({{\mathcal{R}}_{q}}\) is closed under convolution for a definite range of q. The findings of the present manuscript essentially generalizes some well-known results in the literature.