Hybridization of thiol-functionalized poly(phenylacetylene) with cadmium sulfide nanorods: improved miscibility and enhanced photoconductivity.

Molecules of a thiol-functionalized phenylacetylene derivative were assembled on the CdS nanorod surface and copolymerized with phenylacetylene, affording an inorganic semiconductor-conjugated polymer hybrid with excellent solubility and high photoconductivity.