Flexible Janus Nanoribbons Array: A New Strategy to Achieve Excellent Electrically Conductive Anisotropy, Magnetism, and Photoluminescence

Abstract

A new type of flexible Janus nanoribbons array with anisotropic electrical conductivity, magnetism, and photoluminescence has been successfully fabricated by electrospinning technology using a specially designed parallel spinneret. Every single Janus nanoribbon in the array consists of a half side of Fe3O4 nanoparticles/polyaniline/polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) conductive‐magnetic bifunctionality and the other half side of Tb(BA)3phen/PMMA insulative‐photoluminescent characteristics, and all the Janus nanoribbons are aligned to form array. Owing to the unique nanostructure, the conductance along with the length direction of nanoribbons reaches up to eight orders of magnitude higher than that along with perpendicular direction, which is by far the most excellent conductive anisotropy for anisotropic conductive materials. The Janus nanoribbons array is also simultaneously endowed with magnetic and photoluminescent characteristics. The obtained Janus nanoribbons array will have important applications in the future subminiature electronic equipments owing to its high electrical anisotropy and multifunctionality. Furthermore, the design concept and fabrication technique for the flexible Janus nanoribbons array provide a new and facile approach for the preparation of anisotropic conductive films with multifunctionality.

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