Fabrication of homogeneous hybrid nanorod of organic/inorganic semiconductor materials

Homogeneous hybrid organic/inorganic nanorods composed of OPV3 and US have been fabricated by a facile template method. The structures of CdS-OPV3 hybrid nanorods have been investigated by field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). It was found that inorganic semiconductor US and organic semiconductor OPV3 homogeneously distributed into the hybrid nanorod. Fluorescence spectroscopy was also used to characterize the optical property of the CdS-OPV3 nanorods. And such prepared CdS-OPV3 homogeneous hybrid nanorods exhibit different optical properties compared with individual component US nanorods and OPV3 nanorods. The as-prepared new kind of homogeneous hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor nanorods are potential candidates for nanoscale electronic and photonic devices.