title: Direct synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals within a conducting metallopolymer: toward improving charge transfer in hybrid nanomaterials.
abstract: CdSe nanocrystals with tunable sizes and distributions were synthesized directly from Cd(ii) ions coordinated to the conjugated backbone of a thiophene-based conducting metallopolymer. Using our seeded growth technique, the resulting nanocrystals are in direct electronic communication with the polymer, which leads to effective charge transfer between the donor and acceptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 E. 24th St., Mailstop A5300, Austin, TX 78712-1224, USA. minhnguyen@utexas.edu rajones@cm.utexas.edu hollidaybj@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Minh T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Holliday