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Nanostructuring Polymeric Materials by Templating Strategies
Author(s) -
Knoll Wolfgang,
Caminade AnneMarie,
Char Kookheon,
Duran Hatice,
Feng Chuan Liang,
Gitsas Antonis,
Kim Dong Ha,
Lau Aaron,
Lazzara Thomas D.,
Majoral JeanPierre,
Steinhart Martin,
Yameen Basit,
Zhong X. H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201100026
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , nanoporous , nanomaterials , template , fabrication , nanorod , anodizing , quantum dot , layer (electronics) , layer by layer , aluminium , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , metallurgy
This contribution summarizes efforts in designing, assembling/synthesizing, and structurally and functionally characterizing nanostructured materials using anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) as a thin‐film template. Optical waveguide spectroscopy, using a nanoporous template as the guiding structure, is a particularly powerful analytical tool. The layer‐by‐layer approach for the fabrication of multilayer assemblies is shown to allow the fabrication of nanotube arrays. In addition to using dendrimers as building blocks, semiconducting nanomaterial (e.g., quantum dot) hybrid architectures with very interesting photophysical properties can be assembled. These can be employed, for example, in biosensing applications. Other strategies for using the AAO layers as templates include the growth of polymeric nanorod arrays from different functional monomers, which, after the dissolution of the template, are still able to guide light. This opens up novel concepts for integrated optics platforms with nanostructured materials.