Quantum Dot (QD) Wires in Polymers

Polymers are classified as:

Class I - Insulatorspolyethylene (PE), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyethersulfone (PES), and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

Class II - Semiconductorspolyacrylonitrile (PAN), trinitrofluorenone doped polyvinyl carbozole (PVK), triarylamine doped polycarbonate and polysilanes

Quantum Dot (QD) Wires in Polymers

Polymer films can be embedded with QDs by Plasma polymerization, Metal evaporation, Chemical laser deposition (LCVD) and Ion implantation. QDs arranged into wires using linearly polarized, ultrashort laser pulses in far field arrangement.

QD wires are characterized by

Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS),

Transmission electronic microscopy (TEM),

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and

Optical absorption spectroscopy (OAS).