Functionalized polymer nanofibers: A versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue OCTOBER, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Pan ^a   Wang, Yipei ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functionalization; Polymer nanofibers; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888097817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.58     Document Type: Review

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