Abstract
In general, a composite is usually made up of two or more materials having two or more phases with heterogeneous characters, where at least one is in a microscopic scale. In addition, a composite can be classified as a nanocomposite when at least one of the reinforcement dimensions is in the nanometer range (from 10 to 200 nm). Both composites and nanocomposites have many promising mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, and other interesting properties that make them a field of current active research interest both in academia and industry. This chapter selectively covers both fundamental and applied research involved mostly with polymer-based composites and nanocomposites along with a brief discussion on the future research directions for further improvements on high-performance composites and nanocomposites for a variety of conventional and high-tech applications.
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