Title :
Electric actuating and optical waveguiding poly(DL-lactic acid) nanofibers
Author :
Yuya Ishii;Taiki Nobeshima;Sei Uemura;Heisuke Sakai;Mitsuo Fukuda
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology Toyohashi, Japan
fDate :
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electrospun nanofibers are fabricated from poly(DL-lactic acid) (PLA), and the piezoelectric-like response and waveguiding properties of these nanofibers are demonstrated. A sheet composed of randomly orientated PLA fibers sandwiched between electrodes exhibits a linear increase in thickness with increasing applied voltage. This indicates that the fibers act like a piezoelectric material. The waveguiding properties of the fibers when doped with an organic dye are investigated by aligning the fibers unilaterally. Photoluminescence from the dye propagates within the fibers, with an attenuation of <;44 dB cm-1 at 590-670 nm.
Keywords :
"Conferences","Electron devices","Solid state circuits","Programmable logic arrays"
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8362-9
DOI :
10.1109/EDSSC.2015.7285238
