Adv Polym Sci (2013) 259: 201–244
DOI: 10.1007/12_2012_207
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 16 March 2013
Synthesis, Characteristics, and Applications
of Intrinsically Light-Emitting Polymer
Nanostructures
Young Ki Hong, Dong Hyuk Park, Seok Ho Lee, and Jinsoo Joo
Abstract Light-emitting π-conjugated polymers and their nanostructures have
been intensively studied from the viewpoints of both fundamental research
and optoelectronic applications. The characteristics of light-emitting polymer
nanostructures, such as light absorption and emission efficiencies, can be tuned
through chemical processing and by varying their physical dimensions. In this
review article, recent progress in the synthesis, characterization, modification,
and applications of light-emitting polymer-based nanostructures is presented.
Various synthetic methods for light-emitting polymer nanostructures are
introduced, and their intrinsic optical properties at a nanoscale level are
summarized. Post-synthetic treatments for modification of the characteristics
related to the morphologies and doping states are discussed. Finally, potential
applications of these nanostructures to barcode/quasi-superlattice nanowires,
biosensors, and nano-optoelectronics are presented.
Keywords π-Conjugation Á Barcode Á Biosensor Á Doping Á Electron beam Á
Hybridization Á Hydrothermal Á Light-emitting polymer Á Nanoscale optical
property Á Nanostructure Á Optoelectronics
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
2 Synthetic Methods for Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
2.1 Electrochemical Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
2.2 Reprecipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
2.3 Electrospinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Y.K. Hong, D.H. Park, S.H. Lee, and J. Joo (*)
Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
e-mail: jjoo@korea.ac.kr
DOI: 10.1007/12_2012_207
# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Published online: 16 March 2013
Synthesis, Characteristics, and Applications
of Intrinsically Light-Emitting Polymer
Nanostructures
Young Ki Hong, Dong Hyuk Park, Seok Ho Lee, and Jinsoo Joo
Abstract Light-emitting π-conjugated polymers and their nanostructures have
been intensively studied from the viewpoints of both fundamental research
and optoelectronic applications. The characteristics of light-emitting polymer
nanostructures, such as light absorption and emission efficiencies, can be tuned
through chemical processing and by varying their physical dimensions. In this
review article, recent progress in the synthesis, characterization, modification,
and applications of light-emitting polymer-based nanostructures is presented.
Various synthetic methods for light-emitting polymer nanostructures are
introduced, and their intrinsic optical properties at a nanoscale level are
summarized. Post-synthetic treatments for modification of the characteristics
related to the morphologies and doping states are discussed. Finally, potential
applications of these nanostructures to barcode/quasi-superlattice nanowires,
biosensors, and nano-optoelectronics are presented.
Keywords π-Conjugation Á Barcode Á Biosensor Á Doping Á Electron beam Á
Hybridization Á Hydrothermal Á Light-emitting polymer Á Nanoscale optical
property Á Nanostructure Á Optoelectronics
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
2 Synthetic Methods for Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
2.1 Electrochemical Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
2.2 Reprecipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
2.3 Electrospinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Y.K. Hong, D.H. Park, S.H. Lee, and J. Joo (*)
Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea
e-mail: jjoo@korea.ac.kr