Controlled Fabrication of Cross-Linked Nanoparticles/Polymer Composite Thin Films through the Combined Use of Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Gas/Solid Reaction

A promising strategy for the controlled synthesis of inorganic/polymeric nanocomposites may be sustained by fabricating cross-linked PbS nanoparticles/polymer composite thin films through combining surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and gas/solid reaction. The introduction of Pb ions through the extension of surface-initiated ATRP to the monomers containing metal ions provides an opportunity for generating nanoparticles on the substrate.