Interest In Nano-sized Metals Has Increased Greatly Due To Their Special Characteristics And Suitability For A Number Of Advanced Applications. As Technology Becomes More Refined - Including The Ability To Effectively Manipulate And Stabilize Metals At The Nanoscale - These Materials Present Ever-more Workable Solutions To A Growing Range Of Problems. Metal-polymer Nanocomposites Provides The First Guide Solely Devoted To The Unique Properties And Applications Of This Essential Area Of Nanoscience. It Offers A Truly Multidisciplinary Approach, Making The Text Accessible To Readers In Physical, Chemical, And Materials Science As Well As Areas Such As Engineering And Topology. Metal-polymer Nanocomposites Is An Invaluable Text For Students And Practitioners Of Materials Science, Engineering, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, And Optics.--jacket. Physical And Chemical Properties Of Nano-sized Metal Particles / C.n.r. Rao, G.u. Kulkarni, And P.j. Thomas -- Metal-containing Polymers : Cryochemical Synthesis, Structure, And Physicochemical Properties / L.i. Trakhtenberg And G.n. Gerasimov -- Controlled Pyrolysis Of Metal-containing Precursors As A Way For Synthesis Of Metallopolymer Nanocomposites / A.d. Pomogailo, A.s. Rozenberg, And G.i. Dzhardimalieva -- Nanostructured Polymeric Nanoreactors For Metal Nanoparticle Formation / L.m. Bronstein -- Metal-polymer Nanocomposite Synthesis : Novel Ex Situ And In Situ Approaches / G. Carotenuto [and Others] -- Plamon Absorption Of Embedded Nanoparticles / A. Heilmann -- Magnetooptics Of Granular Materials And New Optical Methods Of Magnetic Nanoparticles And Nanostructures Imaging / V.i. Belotelov, P. Perlo, And A.k. Zvezdin -- Optical Extinction Of Metal Nanoparticles Synthesized In Polymer By Ion Implantation / A.l. Stepanov -- Optically Anisotropic Metal-polymer Nanocomposites / W. Caseri. Edited By Luigi Nicolais, Gianfranco Carotenuto. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.