Nanorattles made of hollow polymer nanocapsules with entrapped silver nanoparticles were synthesized in one step by using lipid vesicles as templates. Free radical photoinitiator facilitated both polymerization within the bilayer and formation of metal nanoparticles in the aqueous core.

Novel ion-gel films containing an amino acid ionic liquid were fabricated by free radical polymerization of vinyl monomers. These high strength materials demonstrated superior CO2 permeability and separation performance.

Small polymeric nanoparticles sized below 10 nm were effectively synthesized via free radical polymerization of a cross-linker in a glassy polymer matrix, owing to the successful prohibition of aggregation between the primary nanoparticles by the matrix.