Abstract
Introduction of inorganic nanoparticles into transparent polymer matrices would readily lead to opaque polymer nanocomposites due to light scattering caused by the nanoparticles, thus a strategy for facile synthesis of highly transparent polymer nanocomposites is first introduced in this chapter. Improvements in ultraviolet (UV) light shielding efficiency and photostability are then discussed by incorporation of ZnO nanoparticles and inorganic composite nanoparticles into a transparent epoxy resin. However, transparent epoxy resins cannot emit visible light, while ZnO quantum dots and their composite particles can emit intense visible light under excitation of UV light. This chapter then gives a description of transparent and light-emitting epoxy nanocomposites prepared by introducing quantum dots and their composite particles into the transparent epoxy matrix. Finally, the photoluminescence of the transparent epoxy nanocomposites is discussed.
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