Executive Summary : | Polymer nanocomposites have accelerated the development of materials exhibiting enhanced properties by overcoming the inherent limitation of pure materials particularly conducting polymers. Among several inorganic hosts employed to confine conducting polymers, clays are most frequently used. The growth of conducting polymers in the interlayer region of the clays has been shown to dramatically improve the properties of conducting polymers. The review chapter aims at reporting on the recent developments in syntheses, and characterization of conducting polymer intercalated clay nanocomposites with specific focus on the use of different clays for designing these nanocomposites. |
