Synthetic Strategies in the Preparation of Polymer/Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles.

This article reviews the recent advances and challenges in the preparation of polymer/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles. We mainly focus on synthetic strategies, basing our classification on whether the inorganic and the polymer components have been formed or , of the hybrid material. Accordingly, four types of strategies are identified and described, referring to recent examples: (i) formation of the components and subsequent attachment or integration, either by covalent or noncovalent bonding; (ii) polymerization in the presence of formed inorganic nanoparticles; (iii) precipitation of the inorganic components or polymer structures; and (iv) strategies in which both polymer and inorganic component are simultaneously formed .