Enhanced visible photoluminescence in ultrathin poly(3-hexylthiophene) films by incorporation of Au nanoparticles.
Incorporation of non-luminescent dodecanethiolate-protected gold clusters into regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) films results in a 6-fold increase in the visible photoluminescence (PL) of the polymer, which arises predominantly from NP-induced structural changes in the composite films.
Nicholson
Patrick G
PG
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK CV4 7AL.
Ruiz
Virginia
V
Macpherson
Julie V
JV
Unwin
Patrick R
PR