Enhancing the active lifetime of luminescent semiconducting polymers via doping with metal nanoshells

Authors
Hale, GD Jackson, JB Shmakova, OE Lee, TR Halas, NJ
Citation
Gd. Hale et al., Enhancing the active lifetime of luminescent semiconducting polymers via doping with metal nanoshells, APPL PHYS L, 78(11), 2001, pp. 1502-1504
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
78
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1502 - 1504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20010312)78:11<1502:ETALOL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a dramatic, concentration-dependent decrease in the rate of photo -oxidation of semiconducting polymers due to the addition of small amounts of metal nanoshells to the polymer. In each case, the nanoshell resonances are tuned to the triplet exciton-ground state energy of the polymer. The na noshell dopants slow the oxidation rate yet do not affect the photoluminesc ent properties of the polymers to which they have been added. (C) 2001 Amer ican Institute of Physics.