Active Polymer Microfiber with Controlled Polarization Sensitivity.
Controlled Polarization Sensitivityof an active polymer microfiber has been proposed and realized with the electrospun method. The fluorescence intensity guiding through this active polymer microfiber shows high sensitivity to the polarization state of the excitation light. What is more, the fluorescence out-coupled from tip of the microfiber can be of designed polarization state. Principle of these phenomena lies on the ordered and controlled orientation of the polydiacetylene (PDA) main chains inside polymer microfiber.
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Hongyan
H
Xia
Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Ruxue
R
Wang
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Yingying
Y
Liu
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Junjie
J
Cheng
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Gang
G
Zou
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Qijin
Q
Zhang
Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Douguo
D
Zhang
Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Pei
P
Wang
Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Hai
H
Ming
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Ramachandram
R
Badugu
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States.
Joseph R
JR
Lakowicz
active polymer microfiber; electrospun; fluorescence; polarization