Fabrication of polydiacetylene nanowires by associated self-polymerization and self-assembly processes for efficient field emission properties

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Sep 14;127(36):12452-3. doi: 10.1021/ja053352k.

Abstract

The paper described here concerns a challenge of general interest for producing a novel structure of a polymer aggregate, the achievement of nanowires with controlled diameters. We provide a strategy for fabricating a supramolecular polymer, in which ordered polydiacetylene nanowires can be obtained by associated self-polymerization and self-assembly processes. The polymer nanowire film shows excellent field emission properties with the turn-on field of 8.2 V/mum at 10 muA/cm2 and the maximum current density of 5 mA/cm2 at an applied field of 15 V/mum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Acetylene / chemical synthesis
  • Acetylene / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Polyynes

Substances

  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers
  • Polyynes
  • polydiacetylene
  • Acetylene