Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale

Pan Wang; Yipei Wang; Limin Tong

doi:10.1038/lsa.2013.58

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Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale

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- Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 2, Issue 3-4, (2013)
- Affiliations：
  
  State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Author bio：
  
  Professor LM Tong, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Department of Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Email: phytong@zju.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2013.58
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- Published：2013-12，
  
  Published Online：11 October 2013，
  
  Received：11 March 2013，
  
  Revised：14 June 2013，
  
  Accepted：17 June 2013
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Wang, P., Wang, Y. P. & Tong, L. M. Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e102 (2013).
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Wang, P., Wang, Y. P. & Tong, L. M. Functionalized polymer nanofibers: a versatile platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e102 (2013). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2013.58.

摘要

Abstract

As an organic optical fiber with a diameter comparable to or less than the wavelength of light

polymer nanofibers have been attracting increasing attention as a platform for manipulating light at the nanoscale. A variety of applications for polymer optical nanofibers

including waveguides

light sources and sensors

have been reported in recent years. In this article

the recent progress in the field of polymer optical nanofibers is reviewed in terms of their fabrication

characterization and applications. In particular

we focus on functionalized polymer nanofibers doped with functional materials

such as dye molecules

noble metal nanoparticles

quantum dots and rare earth ions

which greatly expand their capabilities of generating

propagating

converting and modulating light at the nanoscale.

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Keywords

functionalizationpolymer nanofiberswaveguides

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