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Reversibly Shape‐Shifting Organic Optical Waveguides: Formation of Organic Nanorings, Nanotubes, and Nanosheets
Author(s) -
Chandrasekhar Naisa,
Chandrasekar Rajadurai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201106652
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotube , nanotechnology , sonication , laser , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , optics , physics , engineering
Shape‐shifting : A method for reversibly transforming the shape of organic waveguides to form 2D nanosheets, 1D nanotubes, and 0D nanorings has been developed. The nanosheets can be turned into nanotubes and subsequently into nanorings by adding water to the solvent, whereas ultrasonication changes the nanotubes back into nanosheets. Both nanotubes and nanosheets act as waveguides and change the direction of incident laser light in a shape‐dependent manner.