Abstract
The self-assembly of colloidal building blocks into complex and hierarchical structures offers a versatile and powerful toolbox for the creation of new photonic and optoelectronic materials. However, well-defined and monodisperse colloids of semiconducting polymers, which would form excellent building blocks for such self-assembled materials, are not readily available. Here we report the first demonstration of a Suzuki–Miyaura dispersion polymerization; this method produces highly monodisperse submicrometer particles of a variety of semiconducting polymers. Moreover, we show that these monodisperse particles readily self-assemble into photonic crystals that exhibit a pronounced photonic stopgap.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1088 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Volume | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- aqueous-media
- nanoparticles
- laser
- microparticles
- films
- gain
- dots