Bis-(8-hydroxyquinoline) copper nanoribbons: preparation, characterization, and photoconductivity

Abstract

Bis-(8-hydroxyquinoline) copper nanoribbons with an average width of 400 nm, a thickness of 70 nm and the length of up to tens of micrometers, were synthesized by a facile solvothermal method. X-ray powder diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectrum were employed to determine their structure. The photoconductivity of a bundle of nanoribbons was also measured, which exhibited unique photoresponse to light, indicating their potential applications in photoswitch nanodevices in the future.

Keywords

8-hydroxyquinoline / nanoribbons / photoswitches

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20571001), and the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Universities (No. KJ2009B003Z).

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