Patent ID: 8803128

Claim:
A composite material comprising: a first semiconductor nanocrystal; a second semiconductor nanocrystal; at least one organic molecule to passivate surfaces of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the second semiconductor nanocrystal, at least one property of the at least one organic molecule being to facilitate a transfer of charge between the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the second semiconductor nanocrystal, the at least one organic molecule including a benzene ring that includes at least two functional groups, a first of the at least two functional groups on the at least one organic molecule binding the first semiconductor nanocrystal, a second of the at least two functional groups on the at least one organic molecule binding the second semiconductor nanocrystal; and at least one bidentate linker coupled to at least one of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the second semiconductor nanocrystal, the at least one bidentate linker consisting of a first end group and a second end group and including a conjugated moiety coupled between the first end group and the second end group.