Table 2.

Selected examples of miscellaneous polymer–inorganic nanocomposites prepared using various in situ synthesis procedures. The first part of the table shows nanocomposites prepared using sol–gel techniques, and the second part shows nanocomposites prepared using other in situ approaches.

Polymer	Inorganic Component	Inorganic Precursor	Method	Reference
Poly(ethylene oxide)	SiO2	TEOS	Sol–gel	[88]
Polypropylene	TiO2	TBO		[89,90]
	SiO2	TEOS		[91]
Polyimide	SiO2			[92]
Polysulfone	TiO2	TBO		[101]
Poly(vinyl-co-acetate)	SiO2	TPO 1		[102]
Polyethylene-octene	SiO2	Si(OH)4		[103]
Polyaniline	SiO2	TEOS	Combination of sol–gel and in situ polymerization	[93]
Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	ZnO	ZA 2	Combination of sol–gel and electrospinning	[94]
	SiO2	TEOS	Sol–gel	[104]
Nafion	TiO2	TBO		[105]
Unidentified 3	Si	SiCl4	Solution-based reduction	[95]
Polystyrene	CdS	CA 4	In situ precipitation	[106]
Epoxy	TiO2	TBO	Solvothermal synthesis	[31]
	SiO2	TEOS	Reverse microemulsion	[107]

¹ Tetrapropoxysilane; ² Zinc acetate dehydrate; ³ Polymerization of cyclopentadiene into dienophilic oligomers, and possible polysilole, is suspected; ⁴ Cadmium acetate.