Abstract: A transparent electrode material including a conductive layer having an active surface and a second surface, and an adjacent base layer, wherein: ? the conductive layer includes a conductive network formed by metallic nanowires and carbon nanotubes encapsulated in a conductive material; ? the second surface of the conductive layer has encapsulated nanowires and/or nanotubes projecting therefrom; and ? the encapsulated nanowires and/or nanotubes projecting from the second surface of the conductive layer are embedded in the adjacent base layer; whereby the active surface of the conductive layer is smooth and electrically active, and the transparent electrode material has a sheet resistance less than 50 ?/sq and a transparency greater than 70%.

Abstract: Enhanced band bending materials for use in rectifying contacts comprising metal nanoparticles and a semiconducting polymer that is soluble in common organic solvents including, for example, a gold-polymeric nanocomposite comprising gold nanoparticles in poly(m-phenylenevinylene-co-2,5-dioctoxy-p-phenlenevinylene( (“PmPV”). The nanocomposite material provides for enhanced Schottky barriers.

Abstract: An organic photovoltaic conversion device, such as a solar cell includes a matrix material, such as a polymer matrix material, carbon nanotubes dispersed in the matrix material, and photovoltaic organic molecules, such as organic dye molecules, attached to defect sites on the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A non-linear optical active material for a non-linear optical device includes a matrix material, such as a polymer matrix material, carbon nanotubes dispersed in the matrix material, and chromophores having non-linear optical properties, such as organic dye molecules, attached to defect sites on the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: The present invention comprises nanotube structures comprising nanotubes covalently bonded via chemically reactive groups on the outer walls of the nanotubes and methods for forming the covalently bonded nanotube structures. The present invention also comprises materials comprising the functionalized nanotubes covalently bonded to organic based monomers and/or polymers, and methods for their formation.