Enhanced current efficiency from bio-organic light-emitting diodes using decorated amyloid fibrils with conjugated polymer.
We demonstrate the use of self-assembled bionanostructures in polymer light-emitting diodes. Amyloid fibrils formed by protein misfolding were decorated with a soluble luminescent conjugated polymer. This conjugated polymer complex with amyloid fibrils was used as the active layer in a light emitting diode, resulting in a 10-fold increase in external quantum efficiency compared with pristine polymer, because of improved carrier injection.
Tanaka
Hideyuki
H
Biomolecular and Organic Electronics, IFM, Linkopings University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden.
Herland
Anna
A
Lindgren
Lars J
LJ
Tsutsui
Tetsuo
T
Andersson
Mats R
MR
Inganäs
Olle
O
D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
D000682:Amyloid; D011108:Polymers