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Interfacial functionalization strategies for constructing polymerizable nanomaterials and their polymerized
Wenjing Zhang1, Tiao Feng2, Yunfeng Wang3
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.
Abstract:
Inorganic nanomaterials have attracted tremendous attention due to their unique properties for advanced functional application. Although liquid-phase inorganic nanomaterials possess unique properties owing to their high surface energy, they tend to agglomerate upon incorporation into solid substrates, significantly limiting their application. Surface functionalization has emerged as a powerful strategy to enhance the colloidal stability, interfacial compatibility, and polymerization ability of inorganic nanomaterials within polymer networks. Significantly, the polymerizable functional groups on the surface of nanomaterial enable the construction of polymerizable nanomaterials and polymerized nanohybrids with tailored interfacial architectures. And the approach enhances the fabrication of nanomaterials and enables the rational design of molecular, polymeric, and material structures. In addition, the solid-state materials based on polymerizable nanomaterials exhibit a high doping ratio, good dispersion, facile preparation techniques, molecular-level uniformity of dopants, and stable performance. The performances enhancement of these polymerized nanomaterials and their nanohybrids are critically influenced by the polymer-inorganic interface. To comprehensively understand the interfacial functionalization strategies for constructing polymerizable nanomaterials and their polymerized nanohybrid, this review summarizes various polymerizable inorganic nanomaterials, including zero-dimensional nanomaterials (such as metal nanomaterials, oxide nanomaterials, colloid quantum dots, and carbon dots), one-dimensional nanomaterials, and two-dimensional nanomaterials in terms of surface functionalization methods, types of polymerizable groups, and the advantages of polymerizable nanomaterials in organic-inorganic hybrid and composite systems. Finally, the opportunities and future prospects in this research topic are discussed.
