'Grafting from' methods can achieve higher percentages of grafting than 'grafting to' methods in the preparation of carbon-chain polymer grafted inorganic nanoparticles (CCP-INs). 'Grafting from' methods -such as one-pot method, macro-monomer, macro chain transfer agent, macro-initiator, and macro-iniferter methods, used for the preparation of CCP-INs in our laboratory in the recent years -are reviewed and the grafting parameters are compared. Characterization of the CCP-INs is also described.