Xingping Zhou

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review recent progress and advances that have been made on: (a) dispersion of CNTs in a polymer matrix, including optimum blending, in situ polymerization and chemical functionalization; and (b) alignment of CNNs in the matrix enhanced by ex situ techniques, force and magnetic fields, electrospinning and liquid crystalline phase-induced methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a multicomponent strategy for advanced electromagnetic wave absorbing (EMA) materials with strong absorption and a broad effective spectrum absorbing (SSA) capability.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) nanocomposites were synthesized by in situ polymerization of vinyl chloride (VC) in the presence of CaCO 3 nanoparticles, and their thermal, rheological and mechanical properties were evaluated by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), capillary rheometry, tensile and impact fracture tests.

TL;DR: The synthesis of phosphorus and nitrogen co-doped rGO (PN-rGO), synthesized using a scalable hydrothermal and microwave process, was used as an additive to improve the flame retardancy of epoxy resin (EP) for the first time.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new flame retardant, containing phosphorous, nitrogen and silicon elements was used to functionalize reduced graphene oxide (RGO) in epoxy (EP) matrix.