Fabrication of blended polyphenylenevinylene nanowires by scanned electrospinning Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We report the fabrication of semiconductor polymeric nanowires and characterization of their electrical conductivity. The polymeric nanowires were extruded from a blended polymer solution of poly [(m-phenylenevinylene) - co - (2,5 - dioctoxy -p- phenylenevinylene)] copolymer (PinPV) and polyethylene oxide (PEO), and deposited on lithographically patterned gold electrodes by utilizing a scanned electrospinning technique that controls the orientation of nanowires. The current-voltage curves of polymeric nanowire were investigated and we have found that they have t rectifying current-voltage characteristics due to the metal-semiconductor contact. Because of the ease of operation and high throughput of this scanned electrospinning process, it presents opportunities for the manufacture of nanowire electronic devices.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF PHOTOPOLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

  • Kameoka, J., Ilic, R., Czaplewski, D., Mathers, R. T., Coates, G. W., & Craighead, H. G.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Kameoka, J||Ilic, R||Czaplewski, D||Mathers, RT||Coates, GW||Craighead, HG

publication date

  • January 2004