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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 742 - 744 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.401

Subject Categories: Organic-inorganic nanostructures | Structural properties

Nanocomposites: Paving the way to stronger materials

H. Daniel Wagner1

  1. H. Daniel Wagner is at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
    e-mail: daniel.wagner@weizmann.ac.il


The properties of materials reinforced by nanoparticles often fall far short of those predicted by theory, but now a layer-by-layer assembly approach offers a way in which nanocomposite materials could begin to realise their true potential.

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