Advanced materials based on polymer blends/polymer blend nanocomposites

Polymer-Silver Nanocomposites as Antibacterial materials

The antibacterial effect of silver has been used in a variety of commercially available products and medical devices for many years, either in its metallic or salt form. Nowadays, due to the knowledge acquired within the last decade in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) for medical and sanitary purposes has been thoroughly studied and dramatical...

Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites

Materials science continues to occupy a central place in our lives primarily through the design and creation of new materials, and our quality of life has improved over time thanks to the discovery of new materials. Major milestones in the advancement of our society are intimately associated with materials throughout history: the stone age, bronze age, iron age, steel age (industrial revolution...

Polymer/inorganic nanocomposites with tailored hierarchical structure as advanced dielectric materials

1 Polymer Nanostructures Lab – CSPS, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, USA 2 Center of Dielectric Studies – MRI , Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, USA 3 Materials Science & Engineering Dept, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, USA 4 Current Address: The Dow Chemical Co., Corporate R&D, Midland, MI 48674, USA 5 Current Address: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridg...

Matrix Active Micro- and Nanocomposites Based on the Polymer, Semiconductive and Ferropiezoceramic Materials

Development of Biomedical Polymer-Silicate Nanocomposites: A Materials Science Perspective

Biomedical polymer-silicate nanocomposites have potential to become critically important to the development of biomedical applications, ranging from diagnostic and therapeutic devices, tissue regeneration and drug delivery matrixes to various biotechnologies that are inspired by biology but have only indirect biomedical relation. The fundamental understanding of polymer-nanoparticle interaction...