Novel synthesis of organic nanowires and their optical propertiesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental section and Figs. S1 and S2. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b109881k/

Abstract

Aligned nanowires of organic luminescent material were prepared by introducing the organic luminants into nanochannels of variable size in an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane, and the emission spectra from these nanowire arrays exhibited novel size-dependent luminescent properties.