A facile route to ZnS-polymer nanocomposite optical materials with high nanophase content via gamma-ray irradiation initiated bulk polymerization

摘要

Transparent ZnS/polymer bulk nanocomposites with high particle contents are prepared via gamma-ray irradiation initiated polymerization. This strategy involves the design and tailoring of the surface of the nanoparticles and choice of the monomer as well as the selection of the polymerization route. The figure shows a TEM image of a bulk nanocomposite containing mercaptoethanol-capped ZnS with a particle content of 20 wt%.