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Greater than the sum: Synergy and emergent properties in nanoparticle–polymer composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2015

Millicent A. Firestone ,
Steven C. Hayden  and
Dale L. Huber
Millicent A. Firestone
Affiliation:
Materials Physics & Applications Division, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; firestone@lanl.gov
Steven C. Hayden
Affiliation:
Materials Physics & Applications Division, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA; scchayden@gmail.com
Dale L. Huber
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, USA; dale.huber@sandia.gov
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Abstract

The ongoing pursuit of multifunctional soft materials that can impact a wide range of technological challenges, ranging from information processing to energy storage and transducing devices, has resulted in the development of hybrid materials composed of nanoparticles (NPs) dispersed in polymers. Beyond the simple preparation of composites that have the additive value of the individual components, this review discusses recent work and trends in composites that exhibit novel synergistic or emergent properties arising from combining the components. In particular, we highlight recent examples of composites in which NP assembly within polymers leads to enhancement or changes of the NP properties and how introducing NPs into a polymer can cause significant changes in the polymer’s intrinsic properties.

Keywords

polymercompositenanoscale
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Research Article
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 40 , Issue 9: Obtaining Ultimate Functionalities in Nanocomposites , September 2015 , pp. 760 - 767
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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