Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly

LR MacFarlane, H Shaikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

The bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic, photodetector, and photocatalytic applications

A Wadsworth, Z Hamid, J Kosco, N Gasparini… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors require an energetic offset in order to photogenerate free charge
carriers efficiently, owing to their inability to effectively screen charges. This is vitally …

Highly fluorescent semiconducting polymer dots for biology and medicine

C Wu, DT Chiu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention
because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles …

Photocatalysts based on organic semiconductors with tunable energy levels for solar fuel applications

J Kosco, F Moruzzi, B Willner… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic synthesis of solar fuels such as hydrogen and methane from water and
carbon dioxide is a promising strategy to store abundant solar energy in order to overcome …

Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies

S Almosni, A Delamarre, Z Jehl, D Suchet… - … and Technology of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic generation has stepped up within the last decade from outsider status to one of
the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world …

Polymer‐fullerene bulk‐heterojunction solar cells

G Dennler, MC Scharber, CJ Brabec - Advanced materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Solution‐processed bulk‐heterojunction solar cells have gained serious attention during the
last few years and are becoming established as one of the future photovoltaic technologies …

Nanoparticles of conjugated polymers

J Pecher, S Mecking - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Since the broader awareness of the conductivity of conjugated polymers, 1r5 this class of
materials has received ever-increasing attention. Conjugated polymers are widely …

Design and production of nanoparticles formulated from nano-emulsion templates—a review

N Anton, JP Benoit, P Saulnier - Journal of controlled release, 2008 - Elsevier
A considerable number of nanoparticle formulation methods are based on nano-emulsion
templates, which in turn are generated in various ways. It must therefore be taken into …

Self-assembled nanoreactors

DM Vriezema, M Comellas Aragonès… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
In nature, chemical conversions take place in a confined environment and are closely
geared to each other such that the product of one reaction is the substrate or catalyst of the …

Miniemulsion polymerization and the structure of polymer and hybrid nanoparticles

K Landfester - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The miniemulsion process allows the formation of complex polymer nanoparticles and the
encapsulation of widely varying materials into a polymer shell (see examples) …