Anisotropic nanoparticles are ideal building blocks for a variety of functional materials due to
their unique and anisotropic optical, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties …

Nanocomposites, composed of organic and inorganic building blocks, can combine the
properties from the parent constituents and generate new properties to meet current and …

Heterogeneous materials in which the characteristic length scale of the filler material is in
the nanometer range—ie, nanocomposites—is currently one of the fastest growing areas of …

Polymer nanocomposites offer a wide range of promising applications because of their
much enhanced properties arising from the reinforcement of nanoparticles. However, further …

Polymeric materials display distinguished characteristics which stem from the interplay of
phenomena at various length and time scales. Further development of polymer systems …

The incorporation of nanoscopic particles into ordered nanostructures afforded by block
copolymers can provide control over particle distribution and orientation. This could enable …

We propose a simple theory describing the influence of nanoparticles on thermodynamics of
binary polymer mixture. In particular, we consider the case in which nanoparticles …

The need for viable materials for optical communications, display technologies, and
biomedical engineering is driving the creation of multilayer composites that combine brittle …

Nanoparticles form long‐range micropatterns via self‐assembly or directed self‐assembly
with superior mechanical, electrical, optical, magnetic, chemical, and other functional …

Developing routes to control the organization of one-dimensional nanomaterials, such as
nanorods, with high precision is critical to generate functional materials since the collective …