Table of Contents

Structure and Organization of Metal Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices.- Nanoparticles in Materials Chemistry and in the Natural Sciences (Introduction).- Nucleation Mechanism of Nanoparticles and Metal Clusters, their Structure and Chief Properties.- Principles and Mechanisms of Nanoparticle Stabilization by Polymers.- Synthetic Methods for Metallopolymer Nanocomposite Preparation.- Physical Methods of Incorporating Nanoparticles into Polymers.- Chemical Methods of Metal-Polymer Nanocomposite Production.- Physico-Chemical Methods of Metal-Polymer Nanocomposite Production.- Hybrid Polymer—Inorganic Nanocomposites.- The Sol—Gel Process in Formation of Hybrid Nanocomposites.- Polymer Intercalation into Porous and Layered Nanostructures.- Nanobiocomposites.- The Main Applications of Metal-Polymeric Nanocomposites.- Nanoparticle Modifying Action on Polymers.- Magnetic, Electrical and Optical Properties of Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites.- Metallopolymeric Nanocatalysis.- Conclusion.

Reviews

From the reviews: "A useful single-source for a great deal of information on a broad portion of nanomaterials. … This book would be useful for a graduate level course on metal-polymer nanosystems because it contains good introductory information, coverage of synthesis and applications, and a very large number of references, with many of the chapters citing a reasonable number of sources published since 2000." (Patty Wisian-Neilson, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 128 (2-3), 2006)