Quantum efficiency enhancement in film by making nanoparticles of polyfluorene
Author
Huyal, I. O.
Ozel, T.
Tuncel, D.
Demir, Hilmi Volkan
Date
2008Source Title
Optics Express
Print ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America
Volume
16
Issue
17
Pages
13391 - 13397
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We report on conjugated polymer nanoparticles of polyfluorene that were formed to exhibit higher fluorescence quantum efficiency in film (68%) and reduce undesired emission peak wavelength shifts in film (by 20 nm), compared to the solid-state polymer thin film made directly out of the same polymer solution without forming nanoparticles. Using the facile reprecipitation method, solutions of poly[9,9-dihexyl-9H-fluorene] in THF were added at different volume ratios to obtain different size distributions of nanoparticle dispersions in water. This allowed us to control the sizedependent optical emission of our polyfluorene nanoparticles. Such organic nanoparticles hold great promise for use as efficient emitters in optoelectronic device applications. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.
Keywords
Conjugated Polymer NanoparticlesLight-emitting Diode
Energy-transfer
Fluorescence
Relaxation
Dynamics
Blends