Contents Preface.vii Editors . ix Contributors . xi Section i Fundamentals 1 Introduction . 3 Yuan Hu and Xin Wang 2 Mechanisms and Modes of Action in Flame Retardancy of Polymers .13 Yuan Hu and Yan Zhang 3 Fire Testing for the Development of Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials . 35 Bernhard Schartel and Katharina Kebelmann Section ii Material Modification, Assembly, and Design 4 Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardants: Synthesis, Properties, and Mechanisms . 59 Qiang Yao and Charles A.
Wilkie 5 Recent Advances in Silicon-Containing Flame Retardants . 77 Weiyi Xing and Junling Wang 6 Recent Advances in Boron-Based Flame Retardants . 97 Kelvin K. Shen 7 Layer-by-Layer Assembly: A Novel Flame-Retardant Solution to Polymeric Materials . 119 Giulio Malucelli Section iii Flame Retardant Polymer nanocomposites 8 Use of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers for Multifunctional Flame Retardant Polymer Composites . 137 Alexander B. Morgan 9 Graphene/Polymer Composites: A New Class of Fire Retardant. 151 Xin Wang and Wenwen Guo 10 Functionalized Layered Nanomaterials towards Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites .
181 Ye-Tang Pan and De-Yi Wang 11 The Use of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane in Flame Retardant Polymer Composites .213 Lei Song and Wei Cai Section iV Applications 12 Flame Retarded Polymer Foams for Construction Insulating Materials . 235 Zhengzhou Wang, Xiaoyan Li, and Lei Liu 13 Recent Advances in Flame Retardant Textiles . 259 Bin Fei and Bin Yu 14 Flame Retardant Polymer Materials Design for Wire and Cable Applications . 285 Christian Lagreve, Laurent Ferry, and Jose-Marie Lopez-Cuesta 15 Flame Retardant Epoxy Resin Formulations for Fiber-Reinforced Composites . 311 Manfred Döring, Sebastian Eibl, Lara Greiner, and Hauke Lengsfeld Index . 329.