Most organic polymeric materials have high flammability, for which the large amounts of
smoke, toxic gases, heat, and melt drips produced during their burning cause immeasurable …

A review is presented of the recent developments concerning the use of polyhedral
oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) for designing polymer nanocomposites endowed with …

The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

The structure of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is similar to that of graphite before
functionalization and exfoliation. For applications in polymer nanocomposites, chemical …

The study of the chemistry of compounds containing Si-O bonds has for many years been
dominated by both silica and minerals for which the formula unit SiO2 is important, or by the …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a kind of very important smart polymers. In order to
improve the properties or obtain new functions of SMPs, SMP composites and blends are …

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

As a typical ablative material, silica fiber reinforced phenolic resin composites are widely
used in thermal protection system. However, its ablative properties and interfacial strength …

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have been considered as an effective approach to
eliminate most of the potential safety issues encountered in conventional liquid electrolytes …

Thermoset materials sacrifice recyclability and reshapeability for increased chemical and
mechanical robustness because of an immobilized, cross-linked polymeric matrix. The …