Title: Nanomaterials based on metal-containing nanoparticles in polyethylene and other carbon-chain polymers

Authors: S.P. Gubin, G.Yu. Yurkov, I.D. Kosobudsky

Addresses: Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 31, Moscow 119991, Russia. ' Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 31, Moscow 119991, Russia. ' Saratov State Technical University, Polytechnicheskaya ulitsa, 77, Saratov, 410054, Russia

Abstract: This paper provides a convenient and simple method for fabricating of large amounts (kilogram-scale) of nanomaterials containing nanoparticles in a polymeric matrix. The encapsulation was done by thermal decomposition of metal containing compounds (MRn; M=Ba, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Nd, Ni, Pt, Re, Ti, Pb, Sr, Sm, W, Zn; R=CO, HCOO, CH₃COO; C₂O₄, C₆H₅CH₂ and so on) in high temperature solutions of polymer (polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide). By using physical methods (Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray RED, X-ray emission, SAXS, EXAFS, STM, AFM), the composition and structure of nanoparticles, and their interaction with the polymer matrix are determined is some cases. Particle size measurement (2-30 nm) and magnetic properties showed that the material really contained nanoparticles, which retained their unique properties.

Keywords: polymer matrix; nanoparticles; polymer matrix; metal containing compounds; nanomaterials; polyethylene; polypropylene; polyamide.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2005.006587

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2005 Vol.23 No.1/2, pp.2 - 25

Published online: 23 Mar 2005 *

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