MATRIX POLYMERIZATION AND OTHER MATRIX AN D PSEUDOMATRIX PROCESSES ASA METHOD TO OBTAIN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS

Proceeding from a notion of the mechanism of matrix polymerization, a general approach is developed to the description of processes in which the growth of macromolecules or particles of a new phase is controlle d ed by other (matrix) macromolecules. Literature data on the features of synthesis and design of the structure of composite materials of th e polymer-particle type (polycomplexes, polycomplex composites, and na nocomposites) are summarized. The macromolecule- controlled processes may occur both on matrices and on pseudomatrices (where, in contrast t o the former case, the growth of an object is terminated after its rec ognition, that is, after binding in a complex). A special attention is paid to the possibility of obtaining matrix polymerization products w ith controlled structure of daughter chains, composition, and properti es. The results of calculations predict that pseudomatrix polymerizati on processes may lead to the formation of small particles (with nanome ter cross-sections) characterized by a very narrow size distribution a nd a very weak particle-polymer interaction. It is shown that the proc ess allows directional variation of the size of particles formed by th ese processes.