Polymer nanocomposites on the base of metal carboxylates

The thermal transformation of unsaturated metal carboxylates (metal acrylates and maleates) are the complex process including dehydration, solid phase polymeriza-tion, and decarboxylation of metalcarboxylate groups of the polymer formed which proceed sequentially at varied temperature ranges. The thermolysis resulted in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles with narrow size distribution (the mean particle diameter of 5-10 nm) in the polymer matrix formed in situ.