Ordered arrays of hollow carbon nanospheres and nanotubules from polyacrylonitrile grafted on ordered mesoporous silicas using atom transfer radical polymerization

3D-ordered carbon materials by melt-shear organization for tailor-made hybrid core–shell polymer particle architectures

“…25,26 Compared to these hard templating methods, polymer-grafted particles have been shown to be excellent candidates for the preparation of welldefined and ordered nanocomposite materials. [27][28][29][30] Carbon-based (nano)materials have attracted enormous attention due to their exciting properties and widespread potential in the fields of lithium-and sodium-ion batteries, catalysis, water purification, optoelectronic materials, and hydrogen storage. [31][32][33][34][35][36][37] However, many approaches towards industrial scale porous carbon materials are emerging with issues as typically fragile structures featuring defects are obtained during required multi-step procedures.…”

Introduction to the special issue of Polymer on “Macromolecular Engineering” dedicated to Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski on the occasion of his 65th birthday

“…Hybrid materials are a special class of (usually) end-functionalized polymeric materials. A well-defined synthetic polymer may be combined with inorganic natural material, as shown in the papers by Pietrasik [60], which discusses hydroxyapatite-based hybrids, and by Kruk [61], which deals with silica-based hybrids and their pyrolysis. Core-shell inorganic nanoparticles with well-defined polymer chains attached to their surface are the subject of the paper by Gao [62].…”

High-performance nanostructured bio-based carbon electrodes for energy storage applications

“…PAN has shown to be an excellent carbon precursor due to its high carbon yield, high quality carbon structure, and formation of wide nanostructures and morphologies. Researchers have managed to synthesize and fabricate novel morphology of nanostructures such as flower particles (Chen et al 2018b ), hollow nanoparticles (Cao and Kruk 2015 ), ultrafine nanofibers (Lazzari et al 2007 ), 2D-nanostrucuters (Zhong et al 2014 ), and other novel nanostructures (Kopeć et al 2019 ). Each of which possesses unique surface and physical properties making them ideal as electrodes in energy storage devices.…”