Abstract
A study was conducted to demonstrate the alignment and dynamic manipulation of novel conjugated polymer nanowires in a nematic liquid crystal (LC). E7, a low-molecular-weight and room temperature nematic LC material, was employed as the host matrix in the study. The guest nanowires were composed of poly(9,9-dioctyfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (PFO), a highly efficient blue-emitting, semiconducting polymer with better thermal and oxidative stability, which are synthesized using a template method. It was demonstrated that initial optical spectroscopic investigations yield well-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra characteristics of PFO β-phase, in which polymer chain segments adopt a planarized and extended conformation. Nanowire PL emission was also found to be axially polarized and consistent with internal alignment of β-phase strands during synthesis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2497-2502 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2 2008 |
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Alignment and dynamic manipulation of conjugated polymer nanowires in nematic liquid crystal hosts. / Movnihan, Shane; Lovera, Pierre; O'Carroll, Deirdre M; Iacopino, Daniela; Redmond, Gareth.
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T1 - Alignment and dynamic manipulation of conjugated polymer nanowires in nematic liquid crystal hosts
AU - Movnihan, Shane
AU - Lovera, Pierre
AU - O'Carroll, Deirdre M
AU - Iacopino, Daniela
AU - Redmond, Gareth
PY - 2008/7/2
Y1 - 2008/7/2
N2 - A study was conducted to demonstrate the alignment and dynamic manipulation of novel conjugated polymer nanowires in a nematic liquid crystal (LC). E7, a low-molecular-weight and room temperature nematic LC material, was employed as the host matrix in the study. The guest nanowires were composed of poly(9,9-dioctyfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (PFO), a highly efficient blue-emitting, semiconducting polymer with better thermal and oxidative stability, which are synthesized using a template method. It was demonstrated that initial optical spectroscopic investigations yield well-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra characteristics of PFO β-phase, in which polymer chain segments adopt a planarized and extended conformation. Nanowire PL emission was also found to be axially polarized and consistent with internal alignment of β-phase strands during synthesis.
AB - A study was conducted to demonstrate the alignment and dynamic manipulation of novel conjugated polymer nanowires in a nematic liquid crystal (LC). E7, a low-molecular-weight and room temperature nematic LC material, was employed as the host matrix in the study. The guest nanowires were composed of poly(9,9-dioctyfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (PFO), a highly efficient blue-emitting, semiconducting polymer with better thermal and oxidative stability, which are synthesized using a template method. It was demonstrated that initial optical spectroscopic investigations yield well-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra characteristics of PFO β-phase, in which polymer chain segments adopt a planarized and extended conformation. Nanowire PL emission was also found to be axially polarized and consistent with internal alignment of β-phase strands during synthesis.
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JF - Advanced Materials
SN - 0935-9648
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