Review on the processing and properties of polymer nanocomposites and nanocoatings and their applications in the packaging, automotive and solar energy fields

K Müller, E Bugnicourt, M Latorre, M Jorda… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
For the last decades, nanocomposites materials have been widely studied in the scientific
literature as they provide substantial properties enhancements, even at low nanoparticles …

Clay based nanocomposites for removal of heavy metals from water: a review

VB Yadav, R Gadi, S Kalra - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The exponential increment in world population, recent industrialization, civilization,
agricultural and household activities leads to greater levels of water pollution in terms of …

Flexible nanodielectric materials with high permittivity for power energy storage

ZM Dang, JK Yuan, SH Yao, RJ Liao - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Study of flexible nanodielectric materials (FNDMs) with high permittivity is one of the most
active academic research areas in advanced functional materials. FNDMs with excellent …

Functional materials for two‐photon polymerization in microfabrication

M Carlotti, V Mattoli - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Direct laser writing methods based on two‐photon polymerization (2PP) are powerful tools
for the on‐demand printing of precise and complex 3D architectures at the micro and …

Shape-memory polymers and their composites: stimulus methods and applications

J Leng, X Lan, Y Liu, S Du - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) undergo significant macroscopic deformation upon the
application of an external stimulus (eg, heat, electricity, light, magnetism, moisture and even …

A review on nanocomposite hydrogels and their biomedical applications

S Rafieian, H Mirzadeh, H Mahdavi… - … and Engineering of …, 2019 - degruyter.com
In order to improve the drawbacks related to hydrogels, nanocomposite hydrogels were
developed by incorporating different types of nanoparticles or nanostructures in the hydrogel …

Nanoindentation in polymer nanocomposites

AM Díez-Pascual, MA Gómez-Fatou, F Ania… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article reviews recent literature on polymer nanocomposites using advanced
indentation techniques to evaluate the surface mechanical properties down to the nanoscale …

Nanomedicine in the management of microbial infection–overview and perspectives

X Zhu, AF Radovic-Moreno, J Wu, R Langer, J Shi - Nano today, 2014 - Elsevier
For more than 2 billion years, microbes have reigned on our planet, evolving or outlasting
many obstacles they have encountered. In the 20th century, this trend took a dramatic turn …

Clay nano-adsorbent: structures, applications and mechanism for water treatment

A Awasthi, P Jadhao, K Kumari - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Nanotechnology plays an important role in current environmental practices for remediation
of contaminants in environment. From last few years, nano-clay has found more attention …

Block copolymer–nanoparticle composites: Structure, functional properties, and processing

B Sarkar, P Alexandridis - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The incorporation of nanoscopic particles into ordered nanostructures afforded by block
copolymers can provide control over particle distribution and orientation. This could enable …