Abstract
Polythiophenes incorporating gold nanocrystals have great promise for
applications in organic electronics. To that end, we investigated gold nanocrystallization in the presence of an isothiouronium-attached amphiphilic polythiophene. It was found that reducing agent-free nanocrystallization occurred upon addition of HAuCl4; the microenvironment produced by the amphiphilic polythiophene controlled the shape of the crystals generated. Furthermore, the conductivity of the obtained polythiophene-gold nanoparticle hybrids were evaluated.
