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Cover Picture: A Single Polymer Nanowire Photodetector (Adv. Mater. 18/2006)
Author(s) -
O'Brien G. A.,
Quinn A. J.,
Tanner D. A.,
Redmond G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200690073
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , photoconductivity , photodetector , monochromatic color , optoelectronics , yield (engineering) , wetting , quantum yield , polymer , schematic , nanotechnology , optics , composite material , fluorescence , physics , electronic engineering , engineering
Redmond and co‐workers report on p. 2379 the successful application of solution‐assisted template wetting to the high‐yield controlled synthesis of poly[(9,9‐dioctylfluorenyl‐2,7‐diyl)‐ co ‐(bithiophene)] (F8T2) nanowires (main picture and lower inset). Photoconductivity measurements (schematic in center) yield single‐nanowire device responsivities of ca. 0.4 mA W –1 and external quantum efficiencies of ca. 0.1 % under monochromatic illumination, comparable with data reported for single inorganic nanowire devices.