Threading Chalcogenide Layers with Polymer Chains

Inserting polymers into a crystalline inorganic matrix to understand the structure, position, and the structure–property relationships of the resulting composites is important for designing new inorganic‐organic materials and tuning their properties. Single crystals of polymer‐chalcogenide composites were successfully prepared by trapping polyethyleneglycol within a selenidostannate matrix under surfactant‐thermal conditions. This work might provide a new strategy for preparing novel crystalline polymer‐inorganic composites through encapsulating polymer chains within inorganic matrices. Common thread: Inserting a polymer into a crystalline inorganic matrix to understand its structure, position, and the structure–property relationships of the resulting composites is important for designing new inorganic–organic materials and tuning their properties. Single crystals of polymer‐chalcogenide composites were isolated by trapping polyethyleneglycol within a selenidostannate matrix under surfactant‐thermal conditions.