Lamellar semiconductor–organic nanostructures from self‐assembled templates

A templating synthesis of nanocomposite materials with lamellar morphology is described in which the unique structure of the polyol amphiphiles—leading to a highly stabilized lamellar mesophase—is exploited. The use of these mesophases in the formation of semiconducting–organic nanocomposites that copy the symmetry and spacing of the mesophase is demonstrated. It is suggested that the regular arrangement of organic and semiconducting components on the molecular length scale could lead to novel optoelectronic materials.