Moynihan, S,Lovera, P,O'Carroll, D,Iacopino, D,Redmond, G

2008

July

Advanced Materials

Alignment and dynamic manipulation of conjugated polymer nanowires in nematic liquid crystal hosts

Validated

WOS: 49 ()

POLARIZED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE CARBON NANOTUBES ORDER PARAMETERS FIELD POLYFLUORENE ORIENTATION MORPHOLOGY EMISSION MATRICES

20

2497

Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) nanowires incorporating the polymer beta-phase are synthesized by template methods. Nanowire photoluminescence is anisotropic, consistent with internal alignment of the beta-phase during synthesis. Incorporation of nanowires into a nematic liquid crystal host permits good alignment of the wires and rapid, reversible electric field-assisted dynamic switching of wire orientation, and of wire emission anisotropy, at the single wire level.

10.1002/adma.200701986