title: Organic surface-grown nanowires for functional devices.
abstract: Discontinuous organic thin film growth on the surface of single crystals results in crystalline nanowires with extraordinary morphological and optoelectronic properties. By way of being generated at the interface of organic and inorganic materials, these nanowires combine the advantages of flexible organic films with the defectless character of inorganic crystalline substrates. The development of destruction-free transfer and direct growth methods allows one to integrate the organic nanowires into semiconductor, metallic electronic or photonic platforms. This article details the mechanisms that lead to the growth of these nanowires and exemplifies some of the linear as well as non-linear photonic properties, such as optical wave guiding, lasing and frequency conversion. The article also highlights future potential by showing that organic nanowires can be integrated into optoelectronic devices or hybrid photonic/plasmonic platforms as passive and active nanoplasmonic elements.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kjelstrup-Hansen
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simbrunner
authors.forename: Horst-Günter
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rubahn