Issue 22, 2019

Construction of anisotropic fluorescent nanofibers assisted by electro-spinning and its optical sensing applications

Abstract

Fixing the gap between “nano-scaled” pieces and “product-scale” materials, devices or machines is an ineluctable challenge that people have to tackle. Herein, we show that combining self-assembly and electrospinning processes results in the fabrication of anisotropic fluorescent nanofibers (PDI@PVDF) in which the well-defined rod-like perylene bisimide derivative assemblies are embedded in a highly oriented way along the axis of the poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) fiber. Compared to fragile individual PDI assemblies, the electrospinning anisotropic fluorescent PDI@PVDF nanofibers not only maintain high sensitivity for aniline vapour but also exhibit an unexpected short response time for both quenching and recovering. The results demonstrate that electrospinning assistance is a versatile and effective strategy to maintain the anisotropy of fluorescent nanomaterials, building a bridge between self-assembled nano-rods and practical materials.

Graphical abstract: Construction of anisotropic fluorescent nanofibers assisted by electro-spinning and its optical sensing applications

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 jan 2019
Accepted
03 apr 2019
First published
23 apr 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12585-12589

Construction of anisotropic fluorescent nanofibers assisted by electro-spinning and its optical sensing applications

F. Zhang, R. Jiang, W. Cao, B. Du, D. Cao, Z. Ding and Z. Li, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 12585 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00502A

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