A Photoconductive, Thiophene-Fullerene Double-Cable Polymer, Nanorod Device.
Gold/double-cable copolymer/gold multisegmented nanorods were prepared electrochemically via a template-based method. These "bulk heterojunction" nanorods showed photoconductivity providing us with a platform to study photoinduced charge separation/transport at the nanointerface and begin to think about the rational design of nanoscale solar cells based on such structures.
†Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.|‡Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Imahori
‡Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Shinji
S
Kitaura
‡Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Aiko
A
Kira
‡Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Hironobu
H
Hayashi
§Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Masayuki
M
Nishi
§Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Kazuyuki
K
Hirao
†Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Seiji
S
Isoda
†Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Masahiko
M
Tsujimoto
†Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Mikio
M
Takano
∥Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Zhang
Z
Zhe
∥Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Yuji
Y
Miyato
∥Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Kei
K
Noda
∥Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Kazumi
K
Matsushige
⊥Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland.
Kati
K
Stranius
⊥Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland.
Nikolai V
NV
Tkachenko
⊥Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland.
Helge
H
Lemmetyinen
#Department of Nanomedicine, The Methodist Hospital Research, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, 6670 Bertner St., Office R7-121, Houston, Texas 77030, United States.
Lidong
L
Qin
▽Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Sarah J
SJ
Hurst
▽Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Chad A
CA
Mirkin
bulk heterojunction; conjugated polymer; electron transfer; fullerene; nanorod; organic field effect transistor; photoconductivity