Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes prepared by in situ polymerization on the surface of nanoparticles for lithium-ion polymer batteries Paper based on a presentation at the 5th International Symposium on Novel Materials and Their Synthesis (NMS-V) and the 19th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XIX), 18–22 October 2009, Shanghai, China. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 1975–2229.