Epitaxial Self-assembly of Binary Molecular Components into Branched Nanowire Heterostructures for Photonic Applications

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• 作者：Qinghua Kong ; Qing Liao ; Zhenzhen Xu ; Xuedong Wang ; Jiannian Yao ; Hongbing Fu
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：February 12, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：136
• 期：6
• 页码：2382-2388
• 全文大小：425K
• ISSN：1520-5126

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We report a sequential epitaxial growth to prepare organic branched nanowire heterostructures (BNwHs) consisting of a microribbon trunk of 1,4-dimethoxy-2,5-di[4鈥?(cyano)styryl]benzene (COPV) with multiple nanowire branches of 2,4,5-triphenylimidazole (TPI) in a one-pot solution synthesis. The synthesis involves a seeded-growth process, where COPV microribbons are grown first as a trunk followed by a seeded-growth of TPI nanowire branches at the pregrown trunk surfaces. Selected area electron diffraction characterizations reveal that multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions between TPI and COPV components play an essential role in the epitaxial growth as a result of the structural matching between COPV and TPI crystals. A multichannel optical router was successfully realized on the basis of the passive waveguides of COPV green photoluminescence (PL) along TPI nanowire branches in a single organic BNwH.