title: Semiconducting cross-linked polymer nanowires prepared by high-energy single-particle track reactions.
abstract: High-energy charged particle irradiation of cross-linking polymers gives nanowires formed by cross-linking reactions along the ion track trajectories. Here, the direct formation of nanowires consisting of a conjugated polymer by single-particle nanofabrication technique (SPNT) is investigated. Poly(9,9'-di-n-octylfluorene) (PFO), regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (rrP3HT), and poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) underwent an efficient cross-linking reaction upon irradiation, resulting in the formation of 1-dimensional nanostructures with high and desired aspect ratio reaching up to ∼200. The size of nanowires was perfectly interpreted by well-sophisticated theoretical aspects based on the statistical theory of polymer backbone configurations, suggesting that simple cross-linking reactions of the polymers determine the size and structure of nanowires. PFO based nanostructures exhibited sharp and intense emission with high fluorescence quantum yield indicating the absence of any significant inter/intra polymer chromophore interactions in the nanowires assemblies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. seki@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Wookjin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeyoshi
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omichi
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: Chakkooth
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vijayakumar
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukuda
authors.forename: Shun-ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D005453:Fluorescence; D036103:Nanotechnology; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012666:Semiconductors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D011108:Polymers