Controlled micro-patterning of highly-fluorescent truxene-oligofluorene nanostructured blends

Author

Wu, M. ; Elfstrom, D. ; Gong, Z. ; Guilhabert, B. ; Zarowna, A. ; Gu, E. ; Dawson, M.D. ; Kanibolotsky, A.L. ; Skabara, P.J. ; Kuehne, A.J.C. ; MacKintosh, A.R. ; Pethrick, R.A. ; Edwards, P.R. ; Martin, R.W. ; Rolinski, O.J. ; Birch, D.J.S. ; Perepichka,

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow

fYear

2008

Firstpage

634

Lastpage

635

Abstract

Truxene-oligofluorene nanostructured blends have been controllably patterned with feature size to below 6 mum using inkjet printing and laser direct-writing. Our blending approach provides an attractive method of handling fluorescent macromolecules for optoelectronic applications.

Keywords

ink jet printing; laser materials processing; nanofabrication; nanopatterning; nanostructured materials; optical polymers; polymer blends; controlled micropatterning; fluorescent macromolecules; highly-fluorescent truxene-oligofluorene nanostructured blends; inkjet printing; laser direct-writing; optoelectronic applications; Chemical lasers; Fluorescence; Laser stability; Light emitting diodes; Organic chemicals; Polymers; Printing; Semiconductor lasers; Thermal resistance; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the

Conference_Location

Acapulco

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1931-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1932-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688778

Filename

4688778