Inorganic nanofibers

Lu, J. Y Runnels, K. A. Norman, C. A new metal-organic polymer with large grid acentric structure created by unbalanced inclusion species and its electrospun nanofibers. Inorgan. Chem., 2001, 40,4516-4517. 

Many researchers have shown that incorporation of nanoscale dimension particles (inorganic fillers, nanotubes, nanofibers etc) into a polymer matrix enhances the mechanical properties of the polymer without significantly raising its density or sacrificing its light transmission property. For instance, the Toyota research groups... 

A.N. Redkin, L.V. Malyarevich, Preparation carbon nanotubes and nanofibers by method of ultraspeed heating ethanol vapors. Inorganic.material, 2003, T. 39. JVb 4. pp. 433-437. 

MEM devices, thin films, (fullerenes, nanotubes, nanofibers, integrated circuits) dendritic polymers, nanoparticles, inorganic-organic nanocomposites nanoelectronic devices)... 

The wide assortment of polymer systans (polypropylene, poly(methyl methacrylate) [PMMA], polyepoxide, polystyrol, PC, etc.) is used as a polymeric matrix for nanocomposites production (Ray and Okamoto 2003). The most well-known fillers of polymeric matrix are nanoparticles (silica, metal, and other organic and inorganic particles), layered materials (graphite, layered aluminosilicates, and other layered minerals), and fibrous materials (nanofibers and nanotubes) (Thostenson et al. 2005). Nanocomposite polymer materials containing metal or metal oxide particles attract growing interest due to their specific combination of physical and electric properties (Rozenberg and Tenne 2008, Zezin et al. 2010). Nanocomposites on the base of layered materials... 

The dimensions of the added nanoelements also contribute to the characteristic properties of PNCs. Thus, when the dimensions of the particles approach the fundamental length scale of a physical property, they exhibit unique mechanical, optical and electrical properties, not observed for the macroscopic counterpart. Bulk materials comprising dispersions of these nanoelements thus display properties related to solid-state physics of the nanoscale. A list of potential nanoparticulate components includes metal, layered graphite, layered chalcogenides, metal oxide, nitride, carbide, carbon nanotubes and nanofibers. The performance of PNCs thus depends on three major attributes nanoscopically confined matrix polymer, nanosize inorganic constituents, and nanoscale arrangement of these constituents. The current research is focused on developing tools that would enable optimum combination of these unique characteristics for best performance of PNCs. 

Z. Zhang, J. Deng, L. Yu, and M. Wan, Chrysanthemum flower-Uke constructed polyaniline nanofibers synthesized by adding inorganic salts as additives, Synth Met, 158, 712-716 (2008). 

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