Polarized light emitting diode by long-range nanorod self-assembling on a water surface

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1506-1512

  Rizzo, Aurora ^a   Nobile, Concetta ^a   Mazzeo, Marco ^a   De Giorgi, Milena ^a   Fiore, Angela ^a   Carbone, Luigi ^a,b   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Manna, Liberato ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imprinting; Nanorod alignment; Nanorod leds; Nanorod self assembly; Polarized emission

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; CDSE/CDS; CONTACT PRINTING; CORE/SHELL; ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES; EMISSIVE LAYERS; FLOATING FILM; HIGHLY ORDERED ARRAYS; IMPRINTING; INORGANIC/ORGANIC; NEMATIC PHASIS; ORGANIC LAYERS; POLARIZED EMISSION; POLARIZED LIGHT; POLARIZED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZED-LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; ROD-SHAPED; SELF-ASSEMBLING; STRAIGHTFORWARD STRATEGY; WATER SURFACE;

ALIGNMENT; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHYSICAL OPTICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICONES;

NANORODS;

EID: 67651207866     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900063m     Document Type: Article

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