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

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, 1H NMR and photoluminescence (PL). The ZnO nanomaterials are expected to present special optical and electrical properties, and facilitate future nanoscale device application.