ABSTRACT
Hybrid nanomaterials generally refer to nanostructured organic-inorganic (OI) compounds, which are at the frontier between the inorganic and the organic chemistry. These materials are therefore composed of an inorganic part, which is in interaction with an organic part through chemical bonds (ionic, covalent, ion-dipole, etc.). The combination between the two integrating parts takes place at the molecular level, that is, they are organized at the nanometer range as nanostructured materials and can present different properties to those of either individual components separately. The main requirement of these systems is that their integrating elements (building units) were homogeneously arranged at the nanoscale.
