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Z. Hana, A. Fina, Thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes and their polymer nanocomposites A review, Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 36, p. 914-944, 2011. 

Fig. 7 Scheme of the preparation of LDH/polymer nanocomposites (a) in situ polymerization, (b) direct incorporation of polymer, (c) restacking or reconstruction, and (d) guest displacement or solvent-assisted method... 

Davis RD, Bur AJ, McBearty M et al. (2004) Dielectric spectroscopy during extrusion processing of polymer nanocomposites a high-throughput processing/characterization method to measure layered silicate content and exfoliation. Polymer 45 6487-6493... 

J.W. Gilman, Flame retardant mechanism of polymer-clay nanocomposites, in Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites, A. Morgan and C. Wilkie (Eds.), Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, 2007, p. 67. 

R. Gangopadhyay and A. De, Conducting polymer nanocomposites A brief overview. Chem. Mater., 12, 608-622 (2000). 

FIGURE 4.1 Schematic illustration of the synthetic process of polymer nanocomposites. (A) Direct mixing of the two... 

FIGURE 4.2 Continuous structures of polymer nanocomposites. (A) SEM image of thermoplastic elastomer/CNT composite with CNT dispersed in polymer matrix. (B) SEM image of PPy/Au nanocomposite with ordered porous structure. (C) SEM image of P(VDF-HFP)/Si02 composite with porous structure. (D) TEM image of PEDOT/graphene composite with a multilayer structure. (A) Reproduced with permission from reference Koemer, H., Price, G., Pearce,... 

FIGURE 4.3 Separated structures of polymer nanocomposites. (A-B) TEM images of PANi-coated Au nanoparticies. 

In recent years, supercritical technology, especially supercritical carbon dioxide (scCCb), has been widely applied in the processing of polymer nanocomposites. A supercritical fluid is defined as "any substance, the temperature and pressure of which are higher than their critical values, and which has a density close to, or higher than, its critical density" (Darr Poliakoff, 1999). Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of the density and organization of molecules of a pure fluid in solid state, gas state, liquid state and the supercritical domain. No phase separation occurs for any substance at pressures or temperatures above its critical values. In other words, the critical point represents the highest temperature and pressure at which gas and liquid can coexist in equilibrium. 

R. Gangopadhyay, A. De, Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites A Brief Overview. Chem. Mater. 2000,12,608-622. 

CNT/POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES A DETAILED REVIEW ON MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL CASE STUDIES... 

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