Organic species that facilitate charge transfer to or from nanostructures

1. A polymeric conductive composition comprising the structure [H x -B y -T z ] n ,

wherein H comprises at least one functionalized head group capable of binding to a nanostructure surface or at least one head group bound to a nanostructure surface;

wherein B comprises a first body structure B1 comprising a first conjugated organic moiety, and a second body structure B2 comprising a second conjugated organic moiety, wherein the first conjugated organic moiety is coupled at a first position to a proximal functionalized head group or bound head group;

wherein T comprises at least one tail group between the first and second body structures and coupled to the first body structure at a second position and wherein T comprises an alkyne moiety comprising between 2 and 22 carbons; and

wherein x, y, z and n independently comprise integers equal to or greater than 1, and wherein x+y+z+n is equal to or greater than 5.

2. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the head group comprises one or more phosphonic acid, carboxylic acid, amine, phosphine, or thiol moieties.

3. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the body structure comprises a phenylene, thiophene, substituted thiophene, ethene, ethyne, aniline, fluorene, pyridine, perylene, phenanthralene, anthracene, alkenyl, polynuclear aromatic moiety, or a combination thereof.

4. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the body structure comprises poly(phenylene), poly(thiophene), poly(ethene), poly(ethyne), poly(aniline), poly(fluorene), poly(pyridine), or a polynuclear aromatic moiety.

5. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the first and second conjugated organic moieties are electrically conjugated to one another.

6. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the first and second conjugated organic moieties are not electrically conjugated to one another.

7. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the one or more tail group moieties comprise one or more thiophene or substituted thiophene moieties.

8. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the tail group comprises 1-propyne, 1-butyne, 1-pentyne, 1-hexyne, 1-heptyne, 1-octyne, 1-nonyne, or 1-decyne.

9. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 1 , wherein the body structure further comprises one or more O-linked or N-linked substituents coupled to one or more member conjugated organic moieties, wherein the substituents alter an electronic signature or a solubility of the polymeric conductive composition.

10. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 9 , wherein the polymeric conductive composition is polymerized through polymerizable elements on the one or more substituents.

11. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 9 , wherein the one or more substituents independently comprise an electron donating group, an electron withdrawing group, a conducting chemical structure, or a nonconducting chemical structure.

12. A polymeric conductive composition comprising the structure [H x -B y -T z ] n ,

wherein H comprises at least one functionalized head group capable of binding to a nanostructure surface or at least one head group bound to a nanostructure surface;

wherein B comprises a first body structure B1 comprising a first conjugated organic moiety, and a second body structure B2 comprising a second conjugated organic moiety, wherein the first conjugated organic moiety is coupled at a first position to a proximal functionalized head group or bound head group;

wherein T comprises at least one tail group coupled to the body structure at a second position and comprises an alkyne moiety comprising between 2 and 22 carbons;

wherein x, y, z and n independently comprise integers equal to or greater than 1, and wherein x+y+z+n is equal to or greater than 5; and,

wherein the tail group comprises 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene.

13. A polymeric conductive composition comprising the structure [H x -B y -T z ] n , wherein x, y and z=2 and n is an integer between 1 and 1500,

wherein H comprises at least one functionalized head group capable of binding to a nanostructure surface or at least one head group bound to a nanostructure surface;

wherein B comprises a body structure comprising one or more conjugated organic moieties, wherein a first conjugated organic moiety is coupled at a first position to a proximal functionalized head group or bound head group;

wherein T comprises at least one tail group coupled to the body structure at a second position;

and wherein two head groups are coupled to a first body structure, a first tail group is positioned between the first body structure and a second body structure in the polymeric conductive composition, and a second tail group is positioned between the second body structure and a first body structure in the polymeric conductive composition.

14. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , having the chemical structure

wherein n is an integer between 1 and 1500.

15. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the functionalized head group comprises one or more phosphonic acid, carboxylic acid, amine, phosphine, or thiol moieties.

16. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the body structure comprises a phenylene, thiophene, substituted thiophene, ethene, ethyne, aniline, fluorene, pyridine, perylene, phenanthralene, anthracene, alkenyl, polynuclear aromatic moiety, or a combination thereof.

17. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the body structure comprises poly(phenylene), poly(thiophene), poly(ethene), poly(ethyne), poly(aniline), poly(fluorene), poly(pyridine), or a polynuclear aromatic moiety.

18. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the first and second conjugated organic moieties are electrically conjugated to one another.

19. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the first and second conjugated organic moieties are not electrically conjugated to one another.

20. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the at least one tail group comprises one or more thiophene or substituted thiophene moieties.

21. The polymeric conductive composition of claim 13 , wherein the at least one tail group comprises 1-propyne, 1-butyne, 1-pentyne, 1-hexyne, 1-heptyne, 1-octyne, 1-nonyne, or 1-decyne.