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Polymeric Nano-, Micellar and Core-shell Materials

Abstract:

Recently, the intelligent nano-polymer modified nano-particles have showed much potential in advanced materials. This chapter reviews the synthesis, characterization and properties of smart core-shell nano-composites of intelligent polymers and nano-particles. The stimuli-responsive polymeric and hybrid materials have been synthesized as nano-structured particles in a range of sizes, from nanometers to a few micrometers in the form of homo- and copolymer nano-gels, core-shell structures, micelles, dendrimers, grafted surface nano-particles, nano-composites, thin films, and more complex architectures. Furthermore, the nano-materials can be synthesized by different techniques, which include physical or chemical procedures, such as precipitation and polymeric crosslinking, respectively. Ionizing radiation techniques also have been used to obtain grafted nano-materials. The chapter further explores these nano-material synthesis techniques. © 2012 Scrivener Publishing LLC. All rights reserved.