Development and Application of Nano-filler/Polymer Composites

Abstract

Many researchers were reported that the mechanical properties of plastics were improved by filling with inorganic particles of the particle size from 100nm to 1μm in a polymer matrix. These studies are utilized for various plastic car parts. Nanocomposites that inorganic various nano-particles homogeneously dispersed to a polymer matrix exhibit hybrid properties synergistically derived from the two components. Moreover, the nanocomposites exhibit unexpected high-performance properties by filling with a little fillers of nm order, and attract attention as lightweight alternative materials of metals or glasses.

Summaries of nano-filler/polymer composites and the possibility of applications of the nano composites are introduced in this lecture.