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The synthesis of novel materials with improved properties and performance is a continually expanding frontier at the interface of chemistry and materials science. In this pursuit, the ability to control molecular structure on atomic and macroscopic dimensions is a key parameter in designing materials with preprogrammed activity. A significant advance in this area has been the synthesis of nanocomposites where the structural order within the material can be controlled on nanometer/submicron scales. 

One approach to prepare nanocomposites has been the incorporation of well-defined organic and inorganic components into a singular material. Well-defined organic polymers have been attached to inorganic (co)polymers, particles, surfaces, glassy networks and interpenetrating polymer networks to prepare organic/inorganic hybrid materials.  Recent developments in controlled/"living" radical polymerization (CRP) have provided another valuable methodology to introduce well-defined organic (co)polymers to a variety of inorganic substrates.  Above is an image of these polymers bonded to spherical nanoparticles.

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