title: Fluorene-based macromolecular nanostructures and nanomaterials for organic (opto)electronics.
abstract: Nanotechnology not only opens up the realm of nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, but also upgrades organic thin-film electronics and optoelectronics. In this review, we introduce polymer semiconductors and plastic electronics briefly, followed by various top-down and bottom-up nano approaches to organic electronics. Subsequently, we highlight the progress in polyfluorene-based nanoparticles and nanowires (nanofibres), their tunable optoelectronic properties as well as their applications in polymer light-emitting devices, solar cells, field-effect transistors, photodetectors, lasers, optical waveguides and others. Finally, an outlook is given with regard to four-element complex devices via organic nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing that will spread to areas such as organic mechatronics in the framework of robotic-directed science and technology.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Center for Molecular Systems and Organic Devices, Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210046, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ling-Hai
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Su-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jin-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ming-Dong
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: conjugated polymers; electronics; nanostructures; organic semiconductors; thin-film devices