Organic-inorganic nanohybrids through the direct tailoring of semiconductor nanocrystals with conjugated polymers

Two main synthetic strategies are used to prepare conjugated oligomer- or polymer-nanocrystal nanohybrids. In the first strategy ligand exchange is invoked to either replace with a bifunctional ligand, which contains a second functional group for coupling with conjugated oligomers or polymers (COs or Us), or exchange for the functionalized COs or Cps in a "grafting-onto" process. Alternatively, in the second strategy the nano-crystal (NC) is passivated with functional ligands from which COs or CPs are directly grown in the absence of ligand exchange. The well-defined interface between the COs or Us and NCs facilitates an efficient charge-transfer between them.