A unique guide to an essential area of nanoscience
Interest in nano-sized metals has increased greatly due to their special characteristics and suitability for a number of advanced applications. As technology becomes more refined--including the ability to effectively manipulate and stabilize metals at the nanoscale--these materials present ever-more workable solutions to a growing range of problems.
Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites provides the first guide solely devoted to the unique properties and applications of this essential area of nanoscience. It offers a truly multidisciplinary approach, making the text accessible to readers in physical, chemical, and materials science as well as areas such as engineering and topology.
The thorough coverage includes:
- The chemical and physical properties of nano-sized metals
- Different approaches to the synthesis of metal-polymer nanocomposites (MPN)
- Advanced characterization techniques and methods for study of MPN
- Real-world applications, including color filters, polarizers, optical sensors, nonlinear optical devices, and more
- An extensive list of references on the topics covered
A unique, cutting-edge resource for a vital area of nanoscience development, Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites is an invaluable text for students and practitioners of materials science, engineering, polymer science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and optics.
Author(s): Luigi Nicolais, Gianfranco Carotenuto
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 319
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 14
1 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NANO-SIZED METAL PARTICLES......Page 16
2 METAL-CONTAINING POLYMERS: CRYOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES......Page 52
3 CONTROLLED PYROLYSIS OF METAL-CONTAINING PRECURSORS AS A WAY FOR SYNTHESIS OF MATALLOPOLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES......Page 90
4 NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERIC NANOREACTORS FOR METAL NANOPARTCLE FORMATION......Page 138
5 METAL–POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE SYNTHESIS: NOVEL EX SITU AND IN SITU APPROACHES......Page 170
6 PLAMON ABSORPTION OF EMBEDDED NANOPARTICLES......Page 198
7 MAGNETOOPTICS OF GRANULAR MATERIALS AND NEW OPTICAL METHODS OF METHODS OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTCLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES IMAGING......Page 216
8 OPTICAL EXTINCTION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED IN POLYMER BY ION IMPLANTATION......Page 256
9 OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC METAL–POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES......Page 280
A......Page 302
B,C......Page 303
D......Page 304
E,F,G......Page 305
H,I,K,L......Page 306
M......Page 307
N......Page 309
O......Page 310
P......Page 311
Q,R,S......Page 313
T......Page 314
U,V,W,X,Z......Page 315
Figure 9.1. Microscope image of a dichroic nanocomposite consisting of gold particles embedded in wood......Page 316
Figure 9.9. Colors of a drawn poly(ethylene)–gold and a poly(ethylene)–silver nanocomposite......Page 317
Figure 9.12. Schematic representation of a standard twisted-nematic liquid crystal display and a related display equipped with a drawn nanocomposite......Page 318
Figure 9.13. A twisted-nematic liquid crystal display (LCD) equipped with a poly(ethylene)-silver nanocomposite......Page 319
