Journal article
Optoelectronic property and sensing applications of crystalline nano/microwires of decacyclene
Micro & nano letters, v 6(9), pp 763-766
01 Sep 2011
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Abstract
The characterisation and potential sensing applications of nano- and microwires of decacyclene are reported in this study. Attenuated total reflection infrared and differential thermal analyses reveal that the nano/microstructures are composed of aggregated decacyclene molecules that are held by pi-pi interactions. Transmission electron microscopy images and the electron diffraction patterns show that, in the nanowires, the decacyclene molecules are oriented with their long axis perpendicular to the wires and the pi-pi stacking direction parallel to the wire. Cross-optical polarised microscopy results shows a birefringent crystal structure of the decacyclene crystalline wires. Fluorescent imaging shows that the crystalline wires might be used as a waveguide material. Both the conductivity and fluorescence of the nanobelts change selectively in the presence of vapour of nitrobenzene, a representative nitroaromatic, suggesting that the nanowires of decacyclene may be used for selective detection of explosives.
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- Title
- Optoelectronic property and sensing applications of crystalline nano/microwires of decacyclene
- Creators
- Hong Wang - Drexel UniversityXiaohe Xu - Drexel UniversityLigui Li - Drexel UniversityCatherine Yang - Rowan UniversityHai-Feng Ji - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Micro & nano letters, v 6(9), pp 763-766
- Publisher
- Inst Engineering Technology-Iet
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000295320400006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84862942550
- Other Identifier
- 991019330806404721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology