A new class of approach for hybrid inorganic/organic materials containing semiconductor ZnO

Abstract A new route has been developed to prepare ZnO of various shapes using different thiophene acids and ZnO at suitable reaction. Nanosized hybrid materials have a diversity of well-defined morphologies, such as rod-like, star-like sample and particle. The structure and morphology changes of the as-prepared product were investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffractometry (XRD), infrared spectrum (IR). The required thiophene acids have been prepared by using organometallic synthetic route and characterized by EI, 1 H NMR and photoluminescence (PL). The ZnO nanomaterials are expected to present special optical and electrical properties, and facilitate future nanoscale device application.