This review summarizes the current state of polymer composites used as dielectric materials for energy storage. The particular focus is on materials: polymers serving as the matrix, inorganic fillers used to increase the effective dielectric constant, and various recent investigations of functionalization of metal oxide fillers to improve compatibility with polymers. We review the recent litera...

Flame retardants, such as inorganic fillers or halogenated resins, are incorporated into composites either as additives or reactive materials. In order to improve processability and mechanical properties, as well as reduce smoke toxicity, a method is being developed to introduce highly effective, inexpensive flame retardant materials into thermoset resins. Superabsorbent polymers (SAP) can be l...

High performance functional coatings, based on hybrid organic/inorganic materials, are being developed to combine the polymer flexibility and ease of processing with the mechanical properties and versatility of inorganic materials. By incorporating silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) in the polymeric matrices, it is possible to obtain hybrid polymer films with increased tensile strength and impact res...

Miniemulsion polymerization is one of heterogeneous polymerization method that can be effectively used to synthesis of various novel organic-inorganic nanocomposite particles. This method can provide opportunity of good incorporation between the polymer and inorganic phases in the formed submicrometer-sized particles. In this article, we report preparation polystyrene/silica nanocomposite p...

The addition of inorganic spherical nanoparticles to polymers allows the modification of the polymers physical properties as well as the implementation of new features in the polymer matrix. This review article covers considerations on special features of inorganic nanoparticles, the most important synthesis methods for ceramic nanoparticles and nanocomposites, nanoparticle surface modification...

A method for calculations of the frequency-dependent nonlinear susceptibility of inorganic materials is implemented in the velocity gauge using a linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) method within the framework of either the Hartree–Fock approximation or density functional theory. It is based on the standard time-dependent diagrammatic perturbation theory and has previously been applied...

23 New electrode materials based on composite inorganic redox material–organic conducting polymer for 24 electroanalysis of dopamine were developed. The composite inorganic–organic coatings based on Prus25 sian blue (PB) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) have been prepared by electrochemical 26 methods onto gold disk microelectrode arrays. Both insoluble and soluble forms of PB were ...

Inorganic phosphate must be transported continuously into the mitochondrial matrix to maintain the steady-state oxidative phosphorylation of ADP. Specific uptake of this anion occurs via at least two distinct transport systems: an electroneutral inorganic phosphate-dicarboxylic acid exchange carrier and an inorganic phosphate-hydroxyl antiporter which catalyses the influx of about 90% of the mi...

Fossil glycoproteins of the soluble organic matrix are present in an 80-million-year-old mollusk shell from the Late Cretaceous Period. Discrete molecular weight components, as determined by gel electrophoresis, are preserved. The fossil organic matrix was compared with the organic matrix of a living representative species of the same superfamily. A particular repeating amino acid sequence, fou...

During the process of matrix vesicle (MV)-mediated initiation of mineralisation, chondrocytes and osteoblasts mineralise the extracellular matrix by promoting the seeding of basic calcium phosphate crystals of hydroxyapatite (HA) along the collagen fibrils. This orchestrated process is carefully regulated by the balanced action of propagators and inhibitors of calcification. The primary antagon...