Organic hybrid nanocomposites

X. METALLOPOLYMERIC LANGMUIR-BIODGETT FILMS— SELF-ORGANIZED HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES... 

The examples above demonstrate that metal-containing LBFs, including those based on nanosize particles and clusters, are of considerable interest for the preparation of organized hybrid nanocomposites. 

Park JE, Atobe M, Euchigami T (2005) Sonochemical synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposite... 

Lakshminarayana, G. and M. Nogami. Synthesis and characterization of proton conducting inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposite films from mixed phos-photungstic acid/phosphomolybdic acid/tetramethoxysilane/3-glycidoxypro-pyltrimethoxysilane/phosphoric acid for Hj/Oj fuel cells. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 1(063106) 1-18, 2009. 

Besides the conducting polymer-based nanostructured materials, organic hybrid nanocomposites, especially chitosan and Nafion, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles are being explored for effective and efficient biosensor fabrication. Such hybrid nanocomposites show properties different from their parent constituent precursors and are dependent on concentration of precursors, their morphology, and novel interfacial characteristics. 

Shchipunov Yu.A., Karpenko, T.Yu. and Krekoten, A.V. (2005) Hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites fabricated with a novel biocompatible... 

Sanches, C., Ribot, F. and Lebeau, B. (1999) Molecular design of hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites synthesized via sol-gel chemistry. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 9, 35—44. 

Sanchez, C., Julian, B., Belleville, P. and Popall, M. (2005) Applications of hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15, 3559-3592. 

Sanchez, C., Lebeau, B., Chaput, F. and Boilot, J.P. (2003) Optical properties of functional hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites. Advanced Materials, 15, 1969-1994. 

Novak, B.M. (1993) Hybrid nanocomposite materials — between inorganic glasses and organic polymers. Advanced Materials, 5, 422—433. 

If R can react with itself or additional components (R contains vinyl, methacryl or epoxy groups, for example), the result of the condensation process is a flexible network of inorganic oxide covalently bonded to organic polymers, namely a hybrid nanocomposite lacking interface imperfections. The properties of this hybrid nanocomposite are intermediate between those of polymers and glasses, and can meet unique requirements. 

As shown, for instance, by the lack of any sol-gel catalyst cited in a recent, thorough review covering tens of industrial applications of sol-gel hybrid materials C. Sanchez, B. Julian, P. Belleville and M. Popall, Applications of hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 3559. 

Sanchez C, Soler-Illia G, Ribot F, Lalot T, Mayer CR, Cabuil V. Designed hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites from functional nanobuilding blocks. Chem Mater 2001 13 3061-3083. 

The hypothesis formulated to explain the results shown here considers the nanoribbons as an extremely organised (oriented) hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposite. The size control as well as the isolation of these nanoribbons, which can eventually be done using a polymerisable surfactant, may be feasible for give more information about the composition and the structure of such nanoribbons. 

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