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Nature Materials 6, 9 - 11 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1812

Nanocomposites: Stiffer by design

Evangelos Manias1

  1. Evangelos Manias is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. e-mail: manias@psu.edu

The full potential of nanoparticles in imparting new functionalities in polymer nanocomposites remains largely untapped. A widely applicable, two-solvent processing approach provides a hierarchical structure, affording unparalleled composite performance enhancement.

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