Abstract

Polymer nanofibers have raised increasing interest as novel 1D nanostructures, exhibiting peculiar, smart properties useful for many applications, including textiles, nanocomposite materials, MEMS, sensing and filtrating elements, microfluidics, artificial tissues, and optoelectronic devices [1]. The interest relies also in the confinement effects on electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. The last frontier of polymer nanofibers is realizing active flexible organic wires, made by conjugated polymers and showing emitting properties in the visible and near infrared range.

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