Improvements relating to nanocomposites

摘要

Plasma polymerized polymer nanocomposites for adhering substrates comprises introducing an atomized monomer and a nanofiller component into a plasma discharge to activate at least part of the monomer and/or nanofiller component; and exposing the join between the substrates to the monomer and nanofiller component to form a polymer nanocomposite in the join. The monomer is 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and the nanofiller is surface modified silica nanoparticles.