Ordered poly(p-phenylene)/layered double hydroxide ultrathin films with blue luminescence by layer-by-layer assembly

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(17):3073-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900178.

Abstract

Lavender layers: A poly(p-phenylene) anionic derivate and exfoliated Mg-Al layered double hydroxide monolayers were assembled into ultrathin films with well-defined blue fluorescence (see picture; the numbers indicate the number of bilayers), long-range order, and high photostability. These films work as multiple quantum-well structures for valence electrons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescence
  • Hydroxides / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Hydroxides
  • Polymers
  • polyphenylene sulfide
  • hydroxide ion