Visible-Near-Infrared Range Whispering Gallery Resonance from Photonic μ-Sphere Cavities Self-Assembled from a Blend of Polystyrene and Poly[4,7-bis(3-octylthiophene-2-yl)benzothiadiazole-co-2,6-bis(pyrazolyl)pyridine] Coordinated to Tb(acac)3

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 952-958

  Narayana, Yemineni S L V ^a   Venkatakrishnarao, Dasari ^a   Biswas, Arani ^a   Mohiddon, Mahamad Ahamad ^a,b   Viswanathan, Nirmal ^a   Chandrasekar, Rajadurai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh   (India)

Author keywords

metallo polymers; near infrared emission; polystyrene; self assembly; WGM resonators

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER EXCITATION; MICROSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES; PYRIDINE; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SELF ASSEMBLY;

1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR-INFRARED EMISSIONS; TRIDENTATE LIGANDS; VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WHISPERING GALLERY;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 84954450459     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10710     Document Type: Article

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