Metallopolymer Nanocomposites (Springer Series in Materials Science (81))

Highly dispersed nanoscale particles in polymer matrices are currently attracting great interest in many fields of chemistry, physics, and materials science. This book presents and analyzes the essential data on nanoscale metal clusters dispersed in, or chemically bonded with polymers. Special attention is paid to the in situ synthesis of the nanocomposites, their chemical interactions, and the size and distribution of the particles in the polymer matrix. Numerous novel nanocomposites are described with regard to their mechanical, electrophysical, optical, magnetic, catalytic, and biological properties. Their applications, present and future, are outlined. The book is addressed both to researchers who actively use these materials and to students entering this multidisciplinary field. Highly dispersed nanoscale particles in polymer matrices are currently attracting great interest in many fields of chemistry, physics and materials science. This book presents and analyzes the essential data on nanoscale metal clusters dispersed in, or chemically bonded with polymers. Special attention is paid to the in situ synthesis of the nanocomposites, their chemical interactions, and the size and distribution of the particles in the polymer matrix. Numerous novel nanocomposites are described with regard to their mechanical, electrophysical, optical, magnetic, catalytic and biological properties. Their applications, present and future, are outlined. The book is addressed both to researchers who actively use these materials and to students entering this multidisciplinary field. TOC:Introduction.- Methods of Synthesis of Metal-Containing Nanoscale Particles.- Macromolecules as Preserving Agents for Ultradispersed Aggregation Form.- The Main Methods of Preparation and Structure of Nanoscale Particles in Polymers.- Polymer-Analogous Transformations in the Immobilization of Metal Clusters.- Thermolysis of precursors as a way of Preparation of Nanoscale Particles Stabilized by Polymers.- Nanohybrid Polymer-Inorganic Composites.- Nanoscale Particles, Clusters, and Polynuclear Structures Immobilized in Biopolymers and their Analogs.- Major Fields of the Application of Polymer-Immobilized Metal Nanoparticles and Metal Clusters "Highly dispersed nanoscale particles in polymer matrices are currently attracting great interest in many fields of chemistry, physics and materials science. This book presents and analyzes the essential data on nanoscale metal clusters dispersed in, or chemically bonded with polymers. Special attention is paid to the in situ synthesis of the nanocomposites, their chemical interactions, and the size and distribution of the particles in the polymer matrix. Numerous novel nanocomposites are described with regard to their mechanical, electrophysical, optical, magnetic, catalytic and biological properties. Their applications, present and future, are outlined. The book is addressed both to researchers who actively use these materials and to students entering this multidisciplinary field."--Jacket It is supposed that properties of solids do not depend on their dimensions, but this assumption is true only for objects which contain macroscopic amounts of atoms.