Nanomaterials composites

D nanomaterial composites — Three dimensions of the nanoparticle fillers are on the nanometer scale. These fillers are also called isodimensional nanoparticle composites. Examples include silica obtained by in-situ sol-gel methods, semiconductor nanoclusters that are dispersed in polymers, and systems in which polymers are subsequently polymerized around nanostractures. 

D nanomaterial composites - Two dimensions of the nanomaterials are oti the nanometer scale. Fillers include materials such as carbon nanotubes, cellulose whiskers, metal whiskers, and rod-like clay fillers. 

ID nanomaterial composites - One dimension of the nanomaterial is on the nanometer scale. Examples include thin films, sheets, and platelets. Polymerlayered cmstal nanocomposites fall into this category. 

In general, the reduction of the liquid film thickness to fewer than 4-6 molecular layers can induce lateral ordering and lead to freezing. It has been demonstrated that water confined to nanospaces exhibits anomalous phase behaviors that are typically illustrated experimentally or via MD simula-tion. " Moreover, there is evidence that a possible liquid-solid phase transition occurs for ionic liquids in confined systems. We also reported the first simulation results of a liquid-solid freezing transition of an 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride ([Dmim][Cl]) ionic liquid between two parallel graphite walls. " This result is important to understand the microstructure and freezing processes of ILs in confined systems, such as lubrication, adhesion, and IL/nanomaterial composites. 

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XPS has been used in almost every area in which the properties of surfaces are important. The most prominent areas can be deduced from conferences on surface analysis, especially from ECASIA, which is held every two years. These areas are adhesion, biomaterials, catalysis, ceramics and glasses, corrosion, environmental problems, magnetic materials, metals, micro- and optoelectronics, nanomaterials, polymers and composite materials, superconductors, thin films and coatings, and tribology and wear. The contributions to these conferences are also representative of actual surface-analytical problems and studies [2.33 a,b]. A few examples from the areas mentioned above are given below more comprehensive discussions of the applications of XPS are given elsewhere [1.1,1.3-1.9, 2.34—2.39]. 

There is currently considerable interest in processing polymeric composite materials filled with nanosized rigid particles. This class of material called "nanocomposites" describes two-phase materials where one of the phases has at least one dimension lower than 100 nm [13]. Because the building blocks of nanocomposites are of nanoscale, they have an enormous interface area. Due to this there are a lot of interfaces between two intermixed phases compared to usual microcomposites. In addition to this, the mean distance between the particles is also smaller due to their small size which favors filler-filler interactions [14]. Nanomaterials not only include metallic, bimetallic and metal oxide but also polymeric nanoparticles as well as advanced materials like carbon nanotubes and dendrimers. However considering environmetal hazards, research has been focused on various means which form the basis of green nanotechnology. 

Tailoring block copolymers with three or more distinct type of blocks creates more exciting possibilities of exquisite self-assembly. The possible combination of block sequence, composition, and block molecular weight provides an enormous space for the creation of new morphologies. In multiblock copolymer with selective solvents, the dramatic expansion of parameter space poses both experimental and theoretical challenges. However, there has been very limited systematic research on the phase behavior of triblock copolymers and triblock copolymer-containing selective solvents. In the future an important aspect in the fabrication of nanomaterials by bottom-up approach would be to understand, control, and manipulate the self-assembly of phase-segregated system and to know how the selective solvent present affects the phase behavior and structure offered by amphiphilic block copolymers. 

Since the discovery of SWNTs, they have been expected to become the building blocks of the next generation of functional nanomaterials. However, their strong cohesive property and poor solubility have restricted the use of SWNTs for fundamental and applied research fields. One method to overcome these problems is to make the SWNTs more soluble by wrapping them with polymers [31]. At the same time, the fabrication of high-performance carbon nanotube (CNT)-based composites is driven by the ability to create anisotropy at the molecular level to obtain appropriate functions. 

Materials science goes back to prehistoric times, where people started to utilize rocks, bones, leather, and other materials they found in nature to fabricate tools and clothing. Later, the knowledge evolved and metals, alloys, ceramics, and fabrics replaced the older materials with inferior properties. In recent times, the knowledge of materials and processing improved further and more advanced materials for more sophisticated (or fashionable) applications have become available. The synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials of specific composition and size is a burgeoning area of materials science research. 

Hydrothermal synthesis is a powerful method used for the fabrication of nanophase materials due to the relatively low temperature during synthesis, facile separation of nanopartides in the product, and ready availability of apparatus for such syntheses. Versatile physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials can be obtained with the use of this method that involves various techniques (e.g., control of reaction time, temperature and choice of oxidant and its concentration). Several extensive reviews are available that discuss the fundamental properties and applications of this method [2, 3]. These reviews cover the synthesis of nanomaterials with different pore textures, different types of composition [2, 4—6], and different dimensionalities in terms of morphology [6-8]. 

Ffirai and Toshima have published several reports on the synthesis of transition-metal nanoparticles by alcoholic reduction of metal salts in the presence of a polymer such as polyvinylalcohol (PVA) or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). This simple and reproducible process can be applied for the preparation of monometallic [32, 33] or bimetallic [34—39] nanoparticles. In this series of articles, the nanoparticles are characterized by different techniques such as transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), UV-visible spectroscopy, electron diffraction (EDX), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) or extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS, bimetallic systems). The great majority of the particles have a uniform size between 1 and 3 nm. These nanomaterials are efficient catalysts for olefin or diene hydrogenation under mild conditions (30°C, Ph2 = 1 bar)- In the case of bimetallic catalysts, the catalytic activity was seen to depend on their metal composition, and this may also have an influence on the selectivity of the partial hydrogenation of dienes. 

Studies of useful size-dependent properties of nanomaterials are only possible when they are prepared and isolated in a monodisperse form. The synthesis, therefore, should address the need for a great degree of control over the structure, size, and also the composition of the particles. The design of successful synthetic strategies has enabled continuous exploration and exploitation of the unusual properties of nanomaterials that differ both from the single atom (molecule) and the bulk. This also suggests that the intended use of the nanomaterials will dictate the method that can be conveniently applied to obtain them. 

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