Enhanced Electrospinning of Active Organic Fibers by Plasma Treatment on Conjugated Polymer Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Realizing active, light-emitting fibers made of conjugated polymers by the electrospinning method is generally challenging. Electrospinning of plasma-treated conjugated polymer solutions is here developed for the production of light-emitting microfibers and nanofibers. Active fibers from conjugated polymer solutions rapidly processed by a cold atmospheric argon plasma are electrospun in an effective way, and they show a smoother surface and bead-less morphology, as well as preserved optical properties in terms of absorption, emission, and photoluminescence quantum yield. In addition, the polarization of emitted light and more notably photon waveguiding along the length of individual fibers are remarkably enhanced by electrospinning plasma-treated solutions. These properties come from a syn

SUBMITTER: Fasano V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature