Synthesis and Structural Investigations of Metal-Containing Nanocomposites Based on Polyethylene

Copper-containing nanoparticles in a high-pressure polyethylene matrix were prepared by thermal decomposition of copper acetate. An electron microscopic study of the morphology and an X-ray diffraction analysis of the phase composition of a nanocomposite were carried out. It was shown that the dispersed phase essentially consisted of metallic copper nanoparticles with a size of 33.94 nm.