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Nanocomposite Latex Films and Control of Their Properties

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Fundamentals of Latex Film Formation

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Abstract

We have seen in previous chapters how identical, homogeneous particles may be used as the ‘building blocks’ of a homogeneous film. Within the past decade, there has been enhanced interest in using colloidal particles in water to create nanocomposite films, which are defined as materials made of two or more phases blended at nanometre length scales. A key advantage of the colloidal approach is that it offers control of structure at the nanoscale (within particles) and at the meso- and even macroscale through the creation of ordered assemblies of particles via film formation. The fabrication of nanocomposites offers exciting new challenges and opportunities for the science and technology of latex film formation. The film formation process offers a way of tailoring the properties of nanocomposite films through the control of the assembly of particles, just as is the case for conventional latex films.

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Keddie, J.L., Routh, A.F. (2010). Nanocomposite Latex Films and Control of Their Properties. In: Fundamentals of Latex Film Formation. Springer Laboratory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2845-7_7

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