Polymer Nanocomposite - Conclusion

Conclusion

The devices that use the properties of low dimensional objects such as nanoparticles are promising due to the possibility of tailoring a number of electrophysical, optical and magnetic properties changing the size of nanoparticles, which can be controlled during the synthesis. In the case of polymer nanocomposites we can use the properties of disordered systems. Here recent developments in the field of polymer nano-composites and some of their applications have been reviewed. Though there is much use in this field, there are many limitations also. For example in the release of drugs using nanofibres, cannot be controlled independently and a burst release is usually the case, whereas a more linear release is required. Let us now consider future aspects in this field.

There is a possibility of building ordered arrays of nanoparticles in the polymer matrix. A number of possibilities also exist to manufacture the nanocomposite circuit boards. An even more attractive method exists to use polymer nanocomposites for neural networks applications. Another promising area of development is optoelectronics and optical computing. The single domain nature and super paramagnetic behavior of nanoparticles containing ferromagnetic metals could be possibly used for magneto-optical storage media manufacturing.