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ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 1177-1190Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adem.201000231
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [Fa 243/10-1, Fa 243/14-1, SFB 677, SFB TR 24]
- Innovation Foundation Schleswig-Holstein (ISH, formerly TSH)
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Nanocomposites combine favorable features of the constituents on the nanoscale to obtain new functionalities. The present paper is concerned with the preparation of polymer-based nanocomposites consisting of metal nanoparticles in a polymer matrix and the resulting functional properties. Emphasis is placed on vapor phase deposition which inter alia allows the incorporation of alloy clusters with well defined composition and tailored filling factor profiles. Examples discussed here include optical composites with tuned particle surface plasmon resonances for plasmonic applications, magnetic high frequency materials with cut-off frequencies well above 1 GHz, sensors that are based on the dramatic change in the electronic properties near the percolation threshold, and antibacterial coatings which benefit from the large effective surface of nanoparticles and the increased chemical potential which both strongly enhance ion release.
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