Photopatterned Arrays of Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles†
This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) through the National Research Laboratory. Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2006-03246).
Graphical Abstract
Bottom-up and top-down nanofabrication: A fluorescent organic molecule bearing a self-assembly modulator was assembled in situ through a vapor-driven self-assembly process into strongly fluorescent spherical nanoparticles (about 30 nm in diameter) in the photochemically delineated regions of a polymer matrix (see picture; PAG: photoacid generator).