Table 1. Polymers used to prepare octapod-nanocomposite films.

Polymer	Polymer structure	MW (kg mol−1)	ρ (g ml−1)	T g (K)
PMMA	–[CH2C(CH3)(CO2CH3)]n	120–350	1.188	378
PS	–[CH2CH(C6H5)]n	190–350	1.04	367