Fabrication of oriented and periodic hybrid nanostructures of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and CdSe nanocrystals by directional epitaxial solidification

Hybrid nanostructures of regioregular (RR) P3HT and colloidal CdSe nano-crystals (spheres and rods, see figure) have been prepared by directional epitaxial solidification. The hybrid nano-structured films involve the periodic alternation of crystalline P3HT lamellae separated by amorphous interlamellar zones harboring the confined CdSe nanocrystals.