Issue 4, 2007
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Soft Matter

Robust, fluorescent, and nanoscale freestanding conjugated films†

Yen-Hsi Lin,ab   Chaoyang Jiang,a   Jun Xu,b   Zhiqun Linb  and  Vladimir V. Tsukruk*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
E-mail: vladimir@mse.gatech.edu

b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
E-mail: zqlin@iastate.edu

Abstract

The fabrication of purely polymeric free-standing structures of nanoscale thickness is technically challenging because of the poor mechanical stability of conventional polymers. Conjugated polymers (CP) composed of rod-like chains with much stronger mechanical properties are exploited here for layer-by-layer assembly. We successfully fabricated ultrathin freestanding layer-by-layer conjugated films (under 20 nm thick) which are flexible, easily fabricated, and demonstrated excellent mechanical properties combined with high fluorescence. This unique combination of properties can be considered for new applications such as flexible, lightweight displays and large luminescent panels.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B617343H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Nov 2006
Accepted
23 Jan 2007
First published
02 Feb 2007

Soft Matter, 2007,3, 432-436

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Robust, fluorescent, and nanoscale freestanding conjugated films

Y. Lin, C. Jiang, J. Xu, Z. Lin and V. V. Tsukruk, Soft Matter, 2007, 3, 432 DOI: 10.1039/B617343H

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