Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials

Yuan Hu is head of the Department of Safety Science and Engineering of the University of Science andTechnology of China (USTC) and Director of the Institute of Fire Safety Materials of USTC. He obtainedhis PhD from USTC in 1997. Prof. Hu has done research on fire safety materials for more than 20 years.His main research area includes: polymer/inorganic compound nanocomposites, new flame retardantsand their flame retardant polymer, synthesis and properties of inorganic nanomaterials, combustion,and decomposition mechanism of polymer. Prof. Hu has published more than 400 papers (ScienceCitation Index) in research areas covering the range of fire safety of materials. Moreover, more than 40invention patents have been authorized.Xin Wang is an associate professor in the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).He earned his PhD in Safety Science and Engineering from the USTC in 2013. Dr. Wang leads the highperformance polymer nanocomposite group, setting technical direction and building partnerships withboth industrial and academic communities, in order to promote the development of high performanceflame retardant polymeric materials. Dr. Wang’s research interests focus on synthesis of novel halogenfreeflame retardants and preparation of layered nanomaterials and their use in flame retardant polymernanocomposites. Dr. Wang has published more than 70 papers in the peer-reviewed international journals(citations 1980, H index = 36) in the field of flame retardant polymeric materials.

• ContentsPreface......................................................................................................................viiEditors ....................................................................................................................... ixContributors ............................................................................................................. xiSection i Fundamentals1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3Yuan Hu and Xin Wang2 Mechanisms and Modes of Action in Flame Retardancy of Polymers ...........13Yuan Hu and Yan Zhang3 Fire Testing for the Development of Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials ........ 35Bernhard Schartel and Katharina KebelmannSection ii Material Modification, Assembly, and Design4 Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardants: Synthesis, Properties, andMechanisms ..................................................................................................... 59Qiang Yao and Charles A. Wilkie5 Recent Advances in Silicon-Containing Flame Retardants ........................... 77Weiyi Xing and Junling Wang6 Recent Advances in Boron-Based Flame Retardants ..................................... 97Kelvin K. Shen7 Layer-by-Layer Assembly: A Novel Flame-Retardant Solution toPolymeric Materials ....................................................................................... 119Giulio MalucelliSection iii Flame Retardant Polymer nanocomposites8 Use of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers for Multifunctional FlameRetardant Polymer Composites ..................................................................... 137Alexander B. Morgan9 Graphene/Polymer Composites: A New Class of Fire Retardant.................. 151Xin Wang and Wenwen Guo10 Functionalized Layered Nanomaterials towards Flame RetardantPolymer Nanocomposites ............................................................................... 181Ye-Tang Pan and De-Yi Wang11 The Use of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane in Flame RetardantPolymer Composites .......................................................................................213Lei Song and Wei CaiSection iV Applications12 Flame Retarded Polymer Foams for Construction Insulating Materials .... 235Zhengzhou Wang, Xiaoyan Li, and Lei Liu13 Recent Advances in Flame Retardant Textiles ............................................. 259Bin Fei and Bin Yu14 Flame Retardant Polymer Materials Design for Wire and CableApplications ............................................................................................ 285Christian Lagreve, Laurent Ferry, and Jose-Marie Lopez-Cuesta15 Flame Retardant Epoxy Resin Formulations for Fiber-ReinforcedComposites ..................................................................................................... 311Manfred Döring, Sebastian Eibl, Lara Greiner, and Hauke LengsfeldIndex ............................................................................................................................................ 32