Self-assembly low dimensional inorganic/organic heterojunction nanomaterials

Abstract

One dimensional inorganic/organic heterojunction nanomaterials have gained extensive attention in materials science because of their outstanding optical and electrical properties. Strong interactions between the inorganic and organic units can lead to novel or improved physical or chemical performance relative to that of the individual components, realizing synergistic ("1+1>2") performance. It is of great scientific significance for the development of basic scientific research: Understanding and interpretation the law of molecular self-assemble, controlling the self-assemble of low dimensional molecular aggregation with high ordered degree in large area through tailoring the molecular structure and the interaction forces, understanding the synergy drive mechanism produced by the weak interactions between the molecular aggregations then optimizing the original function through the hybrid/heterojunction self-assemble. In this paper, we discuss the synthetic methods for preparing heterojunctions incorporating diverse components and their potential applications in the fields of electronics and optics. © 2013 The Author(s).