Efforts to impart elasticity and multifunctionality in nanocomposites focus mainly on integrating polymeric and nanoscale components. Yet owing to the stochastic emergence and distribution of strain-concentrating defects and to the stiffening of nanoscale components at high strains, such composites often possess unpredictable strain-property relationships. Here, by taking inspiration from kirig...

Introduction Over the last decade, Polymer Nanocomposites (PNCs) have been one of the most extensively examined areas of polymeric nanomaterials. These efforts have lead to numerous commercial successes, innovative approaches for fabricating and tailoring hybrid materials, and important fundamental insights on the behavior of polymers in confined environments . Given the extensive variety of na...

16 Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are nanofillers used in consumer and structural 17 polymeric products to enhance a variety of properties. Under weathering, the polymer matrix will 18 degrade and the nanofillers may be released from the products potentially impacting ecological or 19 human health. In this study, we investigated the degradation of a 0.72 % (by mass) 20 MWCNT/amine-cured ep...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene sheets are the most promising fillers for polymer nanocomposites due to their superior mechanical, electrical, thermal optical and gas barrier properties, as well as high flame-retardant efficiency. The critical challenge, however, is how to uniformly disperse them into the polymer matrix to achieve a strong interface for good load transfer between the two. ...

Herein we report the design and synthesis of multifunctional hyperbranched polyester-based nanoparticles and nanocomposites with properties ranging from magnetic, fluorescence, antioxidant and X-ray contrast. The fabrication of these nanostructures was achieved using a novel aliphatic and biodegradable hyperbranched polyester (HBPE) synthesized from readily available diethyl malonate. The polym...

Intense visible nano-emitters are key objects for many technologies such as single photon source, bio-labels or energy convertors. Chalcogenide nanocrystals have ruled this domain for several decades. However, there is a demand for cheaper and less toxic materials. In this scheme, ZnO nanoparticles have appeared as potential candidates. At the nanoscale, they exhibit crystalline defects which c...

Polymer composites benefit joint prostheses and implants in biomaterials due to their high strength, reliability, elasticity modules. The addition of nanoparticles into the polymer-based matrix has effectively demonstrated up-grading wear resistance implant strength improvement. Therefore, elevated surface area immense properties, considerable attention been paid research integrating for a wide...

With the increase of incorrectly discarded materials in environment, including clothes, need for recycling and reusing them becomes one alternatives to work around this problem, following law 3 Rs. However, these polymeric which are deposited marine environment land generate microplastics, due their degradation/fragmentation action weather, regions, being carried by air transported from various...