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.