Organic nanofibers: a new window to optics of ultrasmall aggregates

Frank Balzer; Vladimir G. Bordo; Rolf Neuendorf; Katharina Al Shamery; Adam C. Simonsen; Horst-Gunter Rubahn

doi:10.1117/12.498916

29 April 2003 Organic nanofibers: a new window to optics of ultrasmall aggregates

Frank Balzer, Vladimir G. Bordo, Rolf Neuendorf, Katharina Al Shamery, Adam C. Simonsen, Horst-Gunter Rubahn

Proceedings Volume 5118, Nanotechnology; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498916
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium 2003, 2003, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

Nanoscaled photonic devices rely on a thorough understanding of the influence of microscopic morphological changes on the optoelectronic properties. Here, we investigate as a model system organic nanofibers from para-phenylene molecules, which provide high flexibility in terms of controlled growth manipulation, while on the other hand showing self assembled multiplication of individual entities. Examples on selective spectroscopy, scanning fluorescence optical microscopy and waveguiding of individual nanofibers as well as arrays of nanofibers are given. Both the linear optical properties as well as the waveguiding efficiency are strongly related to the nanofibers morphology, which turn out to be an interesting benchmark system for the investigation of the applicability of a variety of optical methods in the nanodomain.

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Frank Balzer, Vladimir G. Bordo, Rolf Neuendorf, Katharina Al Shamery, Adam C. Simonsen, and Horst-Gunter Rubahn "Organic nanofibers: a new window to optics of ultrasmall aggregates", Proc. SPIE 5118, Nanotechnology, (29 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498916

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