Polymer Nanocomposites and their Applications

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The last ten years have seen the greatest amount of research on nanomaterials due to their numerous applications. Nanomaterials are utilised in both home and industrial settings. The growing need for materials that are both lightweight and strong has led to the emergence of polymer composites as a specialty area in the field of materials research. A novel type of composite material called polymer nanocomposites uses inorganic nanoparticles scattered across an organic polymer matrix to enhance certain performance characteristics. Excellent characteristics of polymer nanocomposites include electrical characteristics, barrier resistance, and magnetic efficiency. greater rigidity, greater fire resistance, increased thermal and dimensional stability, superior optical characteristics, and improved barrier effect are the main benefits of polymer nanocomposites. A polymer serves as the matrix of polymer nanocomposites, which are mixtures of two or more components, where the dispersion phase has at least one dimension smaller than 100 nm. Due to their distinctive design feasibility and remarkable property combinations, polymer nanocomposites are employed in a variety of applications, including water treatment, gas separation, food packaging, sports equipment, the automotive industry, biomedicine and everyday life.