title: Creating bicolor patterns via selective photobleaching with a single dye species.
abstract: Bicolor fluorescent pattern in thin polymer film is fabricated via a photobleaching process. Dye molecules exhibit monomer emission when they are dispersed inside the polymer and aggregate emission when they are on the surface of the polymer. Thus, a mixed emission of monomer and aggregate can be obtained by evaporating a single dye species on the polymer film. Bicolor pattern in thin polymer film is readily formed by selective photobleaching. This process is particularly attractive for the fabrication of bicolor patterns on flat substrates using a single dye species, which is of potential applications in photonic/electronic devices.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liguo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Juanyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chi