Nanofibers from functionalized para-phenylene molecules -: art. no. 153107

Tens to hundreds of micrometers long organic nanofibers have been generated from methoxy functionalized quaterphenylene molecules. The Mutual alignment of the fibers is similar to that of previously reported nanofibers from para-hexaphenylene, and they emit intense, blue light centered at,100 nm with well resolved higher order vibronic peaks. The morphology is slightly different from that of para-hexaphenylene nanofibers, reflecting the different molecular structure. This study demonstrates that it is possible to generate organic nanofibers from artificially functionalized molecules and thus opens up the route to dedicated applications in new microdevices. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.