Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials

Yuan Hu is head of the Department of Safety Science and Engineering of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Director of the Institute of Fire Safety Materials of USTC. He obtained his 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 retardants and their flame retardant polymer, synthesis and properties of inorganic nanomaterials, combustion, and decomposition mechanism of polymer. Prof. Hu has published more than 400 papers (Science Citation Index) in research areas covering the range of fire safety of materials. Moreover, more than 40 invention 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 high performance polymer nanocomposite group, setting technical direction and building partnerships with both industrial and academic communities, in order to promote the development of high performance flame retardant polymeric materials. Dr. Wang’s research interests focus on synthesis of novel halogenfree flame retardants and preparation of layered nanomaterials and their use in flame retardant polymer nanocomposites. 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.

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