Patent ID: 7989153

Claim:
A method for patterning free standing quantum dot (FSQDT) composites, the method comprising the steps of: forming a photopatternable prepolymer having FSQDTs linked therein, wherein the step of forming the photopatternable prepolymer comprises the step of functionalizing the FSQDTs with an alkyl thiol terminated with an omega alkenyl thiol to form FSQDT backbone polymers; providing a substrate; forming a coated substrate by coating a surface of the substrate with a layer of the photopatternable prepolymer, providing a photo mask having a predetermined pattern thereon transparent to a predetermined radiation over the coated substrate; and exposing a portion of the coated substrate to the predetermined radiation passing through the mask to pattern the photopatternable prepolymer in the predetermined pattern, including the FSQDTs.