Light-emitting Nanofibers as Building Blocks for Photonics

In this presentation we will review our recent results on the properties and applications of active electrospun polymer nanofibers. The fibers are realized by different methods including microfluidics, two-photon lithography and electrospinning, and exhibit diameters down to a few tens of nm, and emission in the visible and near-infrared spectral range. The applications of these novel nanostructured materials include polarized light sources for lab-on-chip devices, optically pumped lasers and field effect transistors.