Title |
Low-Temperature Fabrication of Alkali Metal–Organic Charge Transfer Complexes on Cotton Textile for Optoelectronics and Gas Sensing
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Published in |
Langmuir, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1021/la501446b |
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Authors |
Rajesh Ramanathan, Sumeet Walia, Ahmad Esmaielzadeh Kandjani, Sivacarendran Balendran, Mahsa Mohammadtaheri, Suresh Kumar Bhargava, Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, Vipul Bansal |
Abstract |
A generalized low-temperature approach for fabricating high aspect ratio nanorod arrays of alkali metal-TCNQ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) charge transfer complexes at 140 °C is demonstrated. This facile approach overcomes the current limitation associated with fabrication of alkali metal-TCNQ complexes that are based on physical vapor deposition processes and typically require an excess of 800 °C. The compatibility of soft substrates with the proposed low-temperature route allows direct fabrication of NaTCNQ and LiTCNQ nanoarrays on individual cotton threads interwoven within the 3D matrix of textiles. The applicability of these textile-supported TCNQ-based organic charge transfer complexes toward optoelectronics and gas sensing applications is established. |
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