Particle size magnetic polymer nanocomposites

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Fig. 4 Schematic illustration of nanoparticle and polymer-based nanocomposites with the control of interparticle spacing for tunable photonic and magnetic properties, site-selective 2D patterning for device fabrication, and size and shape of polymer-particle aggregates for complex 3D structures...

In general, nanocomposites can be divided by their application into structural and functional ones (Gerasin et al. 2013). While the incorporation of NPs in structural nanocomposites enhances the mechanical properties processability of a polymer matrix, the desired characteristics of functional materials are based on the properties specific to NPs (such as quantum size effect in a semiconductor particle, the excitation of localized surface plasmons in metal particles, superparamagnetism of magnetic particles, etc.) combined with the properties of polymers. 

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