The widespread applications of polymeric materials require the use of conventional flame
retardants based on halogen and phosphorous compounds to satisfy fire safety regulatory …

A review is given of the academic and industrial aspects of the preparation, characterization,
materials properties, crystallization behavior, melt rheology, and processing of …

A review is presented of the recent developments concerning the use of layered silicates
(clay) for designing polymer nanocomposites endowed with enhanced flame retardancy …

This review summarizes recent work on manufacturing of different types of composites.
There is a great need to engineer multi-phase (ie, composite) materials that combine the …

Flexible, transparent and biocompatible polymer nanocomposite films can be fabricated
using two-dimensional filler materials, which is of great interest for gas barrier applications …

Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites takes a comprehensive look at polymer
nanocomposites for flame retardancy applications and includes nanocomposite …

An overview of the progress in polymer nanocomposites is presented in this paper with an
emphasis on the different methods used for preparing polymer‐layered silicate (PLS) …

This review discusses preparation and use of the synthetic layered nanoparticles in polymer
matrices, ie, in the polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs). Several types of synthetic or semi …

Smectite clays, such as montmorillonite, are of great industrial value because of their high
aspect ratio, plate morphology, intercalative capacity, natural abundance and low cost. In the …

In this work, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were reinforced with polypropylene (PP) matrix
resins to improve the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of CNTs/PP composites …