Preface Abbreviations Part I. Recent Advances in Studying Cyanate Ester Resin-based Nanocomposites Chapter 1. CER/POSS nanocomposites 1.1 Structure of the nanocomposites derived from dicyanate ester of bisphenol E (DCBE) monomer and PT-30 oligomer 1.2 Properties of DCBE- and PT-30- based CER/POSS nanocomposites 1.3 Influence of varying chemical structure of CER matri on the properties of POSS containing nanocomposites Chapter 2. CER/Montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites 2.1 Structure and molecular dynamics of nanocomposites 2.

2 The impact of functionalized MMT nanolayers on the properties of nanocomposites Chapter 3. Nano- and subnanocomposites with silica units introduced by a sol-gel method 3.1 Nanostructure 3.2 Molecular dynamics and properties 3.3. The nature of the exceptional impact of ultra-low silica contents on the properties of CER-based subnano- and nanocomposites Chapter 4. Other nanocomposites. 4.

1 Nanocomposites with silica particles 4.5 Nanocomposites with carbon nanofillers References Part II. Recent Advances in Studying Phthalonitrile Nanocomposites Chapter 5. Phthalonitrile composites with POSS nanoparticles 5.1. Synthesis and spectroscopic control of molecular structure and mobility 5.2 Nanostructure 5.3 Glass transition and dynamic mechanical behavior 5.

4 Other properties Chapter 6. Phthalonitrile /Montmorillonite nanocomposites: 6.1 Structure 6.2 lecular dynamics and properties Chapter 7. Phthalonitrile /metal oxide nanocomposites 7.1 Phthalonitrile /Titania and ZnO nanocomposites 7.2 Phthalonitrile /Alumina nanocomposites Chapter 8. Other.