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Design, Fabrication, and Optoelectronic Performance of Organic Building Blocks for Integrated Nanophotonic Devices

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One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures have been used extensively to fabricate photonic elements for optical information processing due to the huge advantages over traditional silicon-based electronic ones in bandwidth, heat dissipation, and resistance to electromagnetic wave interference. Organic materials are a promising candidate to support these optical-related applications as they combine the properties of plastics with broad spectral tunability, high performance, easy fabrication, as well as low cost. Their outstanding compatibility allows for organic composite structures which consist of two or more kinds of materials, showing great superiorities to single-component materials due to the introduced interactions among multiple constituents. The easy processability of organic 1D crystalline heterostructures enables a fine topological control of both composition and morphology, which offsets the intrinsic deficiencies of individual material. In the mean time, the strong exciton–photon coupling and exciton–exciton interaction impart the excellent confinement of photons in organic microstructures; thus, light can be manipulated according to our intention to realize various functions. These collective properties indicate a potential utility of organic heterogeneous material for photonic integrated circuitry. Herein, we focus on the 1D organic crystalline composite structures, with special emphasis on the novel design, controllable construction, diverse properties, as well as wide applications as isolated photonic elements.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21125315, 21373241), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, (Grant No. XDB01020300), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2012YQ120060 and National Basic Research 973 Program), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Yan, Y., Zhao, Y.S. (2015). Design, Fabrication, and Optoelectronic Performance of Organic Building Blocks for Integrated Nanophotonic Devices. In: Zhao, Y. (eds) Organic Nanophotonics. Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45082-6_8

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