Hybrid Materials of Metal Hydroxides, Metal Nanoparticles and Polymers

Duk- Young Jung (정덕영)

Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

The metal hydroxides provided the multifunctional characteristics for assembly of the different particles, resulting in the hybrid structures of inorganic- inorganic, polymer- inorganic composites. Mixing of colloidal solutions of metal hydroxides and polymer led to the formation of polymer- inorganic composites, where the polymer was homogeneously coated over the hydroxide without the phase segregation, keeping the crystallinity of the pristine metal hydroxide. The nanostructure of polymer- hydroxide composites drove the incorporative organic- inorganic functional materials with blocked surface and improved electrochemical properties, providing a reliable synthetic pathway to prepare multifunctional nanohybrid materials. This nanostructure improved the rate of reaction, turnover frequency and reaction durability of catalysts without significant loss in conversion efficiencies.