Patent ID: RE41427

Claim:
A hybrid crystalline organic-inorganic quantum confined system comprising alternating layers of bifunctional organic ligands and II-VI semiconducting chalcogenides, wherein: the semiconducting chalcogenide layer comprises II-VI chalcogenides having the formula MQ, in which each M is independently selected from the group consisting of II-VI semiconductor cationic species, and each Q is independently selected from the group consisting of S, Se and Te; and said bifunctional organic ligands of each organic ligand layer are bonded by a first functional group to an element M of an adjacent II-VI semiconducting chalcogenide layer and by a second functional group to an element M from the adjacent opposing II-VI semiconducting chalcogenide layer, so that said adjacent opposing I-VI II- VI semiconducting chalcogenide layers are linked by said bifunctional organic ligands of said organic ligand layers.