![]() ![]() Chemical organic matrices include coatings, vehicles and capsules assembled into: hydrogels, layer-by-layer assembly, polymer brushes, block co-polymers and other assemblies. They are shown to be incorporated into organic matrices, which can be distinguished as two classes: chemical and biological. Inorganic constituents, often in the form of small particles or structures, are made of minerals, clays, semiconductors, metals, carbons, and ceramics. The latter area-functionalization of organic materials by inorganic additives-is the focus of the current review. In the former area, the surface functionalization of colloids is distinguished as a stand-alone sub-area. We provide here a general classification of hybrid materials, wherein organics– in-inorganics (inorganic materials modified by organic moieties) are distinguished from inorganics– in–organics (organic materials or matrices modified by inorganic constituents). The diversity of resultant properties and materials used in the construction of hybrids, leads to a very broad range of application areas generated by engaging very different research communities. The complementarity leads to a perfect synergy of properties of desired material and eventually an end-product. ![]() Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but complementary nature of the properties inherent of these different classes of materials. 4School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.3Engineering Department and Materials Science Institute (MSI), Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.2Remote Controlled Theranostic Systems Lab, Educational Research Institute of Nanostructures and Biosystems, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia.1Nano-BioTechnology Group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.Saveleva 1,2 †, Karaneh Eftekhari 1 †, Anatolii Abalymov 2, Timothy E. ![]()
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