Khalil, G.E., Adawi, A.M. and Lidzey, D.G. orcid.org/0000-0002-8558-1160 (2020) Optical properties of nanowires based on a blend of poly (9,9-dioctylfluorene) [PFO] and poly(9,9-dioctyl fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) [F8BT]. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 118. 113829. ISSN 1386-9477
Abstract
Near-field and far-field optical microscopy are used to study the optical properties of nanowires based on a blend of 95% poly (9,9-dioctylfluorene) [PFO] doped with 5% poly (9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) [F8BT]. Single nanowires were imaged and optical investigations revealed that they act as nanoscale optical waveguides. Investigation using polarization-resolved far-field PL spectroscopy revealed emission from the nanowires was strongly anisotropic having preferred axial polarization. This suggests that a significant number of the polymer chains are oriented along the nanowire axis.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Polarization-resolved PL spectroscopy; Nanodevices; Organic semiconductors; Optical waveguide; Nanowire; Near and far-field PL spectroscopy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/D064767/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2020 14:08 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.physe.2019.113829 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156539 |