In polymer-based nanocomposites macroscopic properties are driven by one specific feature: the huge interfacial area developed by nanofillers, leading to a strong improvement in mechanical properties. Even though the molecular origins of this reinforcement are still not well understood, its amplitude appears to be strongly related to two main effects: a structural effect (dispersion state) and an interfacial effect (filler/matrix interactions). The present project aims at developing and studying organic-inorganic nanocomposite materials based on an elastomeric matrix and spherical nanoparticles. A specific attention is paid to get tailored interactions and microstructures, different model nanocomposites are obtained with interesting and original thermo-mechanical properties. In parallel, this work also gives an analogy between these nanocomposite and ionomers, polymer chains on which ionic groups are grafted. These ionomer materials show original mechanical properties and allow creating reversible crosslink nodes with temperature
