14. In most cases, ceramic-matrix nanocomposites encompass a metal as the second component.
15. Ideally both components, the metallic one and the ceramic one, are finely dispersed in each other in order to elicit the particular nanoscopic properties.
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17. These materials are better described by the term nanofilled polymer composites
26. The method of reactive encapsulation involves preorganization of an appropriate reactant by the active interior sites of a dendrimer molecule, followed by immobilization of the product with respect to the host.
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28. Bionanocomposites add a new dimension to enhance the properties in that they are biocompatible and/or biodegradable materials.