Preparation of Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites

In the chapter Dispersion of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices Challenges and Solutions, the synthesis, properties, and applications of nanoparticles their surface modification and preparation of polymer-inorganic nanocomposites are reviewed in detail. The chapter Recent Advances on Fibrous Clay-Based Nanocomposites reviews recent results on nanocomposite materials derived from the fibrous clay silicates sepiolite and palygorskite and combined with diverse types of polymers, from typical thermoplastics to biopolymers such as polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. The chapter Nanohybrid Materials by Electrospinning highlights recent progress and current issues in the production of... 

As various organic monomers, such as acrylamide, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, maleic acid and styrene, can polymerize at the same time as forming inorganic nanomaterials, various kinds of polymer-inorganic nanocomposites can be prepared at room temperature by a y-irradiation synthesis method. 

The synthesis of functional polymers inside mesoporous materials has been investigated for the preparation of organic-inorganic nanocomposites, and a... 

Nadeii N, Sharifi-Sanjani N, Khayyat-Naderi B, Faridi-Majidi R (2006) Preparation of organic-inorganic nanocomposites with core-shell stmcture by inorganic powders. J Appl Polym Sci 99(6) 2943-2950... 

Thus, thermal methods for synthesis of nanoparticles in a polymer matrix possess unlimited opportunities for the construction of polymer nanocomposites and for a choice of the optimal variant. In this chapter we did not analyze sol-gel synthesis of nanocomposites as well as hybrid polymer-inorganic nanocomposites, in preparation of which the controlled thermolysis plays an important role. 

A new polymer-inorganic nanocomposite SPEEK membrane filled with Cloisite 15A clay by introducing 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine (TAP) as the compatibilizer for DMFC applications has been successfully prepared. The organoclay Cloisite is a material prepared from MMT and the cation ditallow. Tallow is a mixture of octa-decyl, hexadecyl, and tetradecyl, wherein octadecyl is the major component (>60%). Cloisite is a very promising additive in nanocomposite membranes, since it is already being organically modified from the natural MMT, which is expected to enhance the compatibility with organic polymers (Cervantes-Uc et al. 2007). 

Around 1900, widely forgotten reports indicated the preparation of polymer nanocomposites with uniaxially oriented inorganic particles, and their remarkable optical properties (14,15). Dichroic plants and animal fibrils (eg, linen, cotton, spruce, or chitin, amongst others) were prepared by impregnation with solutions of silver nitrate, silver acetate, or gold chloride, followed by reduction of the corresponding metal ions under the action of light (16). 

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