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. 2007 Feb;7(2):458-63.
doi: 10.1021/nl062778+. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Electrospun light-emitting nanofibers

José M Moran-Mirabal  1 , Jason D Slinker, John A DeFranco, Scott S Verbridge, Rob Ilic, Samuel Flores-Torres, Héctor Abruña, George G Malliaras, H G Craighead
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Electrospun light-emitting nanofibers

José M Moran-Mirabal et al. Nano Lett. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

We have electrospun light-emitting nanofibers from ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridine)/polyethylene oxide mixtures. The electroluminescent fibers were deposited on gold interdigitated electrodes and lit in a nitrogen atmosphere. The fibers showed light emission at low operating voltages (3-4 V), with turn-on voltages approaching the band gap limit of the organic semiconductor. Because of the fiber size, emission from electrospun light-emitting nanofibers is confined to nanoscale dimensions, an attractive feature for sensing applications and lab-on-a-chip integration where highly localized excitation of molecules is required.

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