Nanoparticles Based Composites and Hybrids

BENAVENTE LLORENTE, VICTORIA; LOIÁCONO, ANTONELLA ; FRANCESCHINI, ESTEBAN A.; FRANCESCHINI, ESTEBAN A.

Nanostructured Multifunctional Materials

Taylor and Francis Press

Lugar: Florida; Año: 2021; p. 161 - 188

Metallic, ceramic, and polymeric composite materials have been widely used as structural materials in different fields as aerospace, energy, construction, etc. obtaining excellent mechanical properties and lighter materials. Despite their enormous potential, composite materials are still usually expensive compared to other simpler materials such as ceramics and polymers. However, this higher cost can be compensated since composites can be modified to obtain unique properties and additional functions such as self-healing, energy storage, and harvesting, electric/thermal conductivity, and biocompatibility. Thus, multifunctional composites are how composites become profitable for mass applications.In the last decades, the increasing demand in the miniaturization of devices, as well as the increase in the energy consumption of electronic devices, required an increase in the development of multifunctional compounds, which are not only structural, but also comply with magnetic, electrical, thermal, chemical, optical, and biological functionalities, thinking in future specific applications. Economic savings are achieved when two or more individual systems are replaced by a system with multiple functions, increasing efficiency and, for example, reducing energy consumption or increasing the autonomy time.In this first part of the chapter, we will analyze some of the most common functionalities sought in composite-based multifunctional material systems (MFMS) and will explore some of the conventional and unconventional synthetic methods.