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• Cone Calorimeter Combustion and Gasification Studies of Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.
  Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 14, No. 2, 881-887, February 2002.
  Zanetti, M.; Kashiwagi, T.; Falqui, L.; Camino, G.
• Cyanate Ester Clay Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Flammability Studies.
  Evolving and Revolutionary Technologies for the New Millennium. International SAMPE Symposium/Exhibition, 44th. Proceedings. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). May 23-27, 1999, Long Beach, CA, 1408-1423 pp, 1999.
  Gilman, J. W.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Hunter, D.
• Development of a Continuous Flow Flame Test Extruder for High-Throughput Formulation and Screening of Flame Retardants and More Fire Resistant Materials.
  Fire Safety Developments Emerging Needs, Product Developments, Non-Halogen FR's, Standards and Regulations. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. March 12-15, 2000, Washington, DC, Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 1-5 pp, 2000.
  Nyden, M. R.; Gilman, J. W.
• Development of High Throughput Methods for Polymer Nanocomposite Research.
  New Century of FR Compounding. Fall Conference. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. October 20-22, 2002, Cleveland, OH, Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 27-45 pp, 2002.
  Gilman, J. W.; Davis, R. D.; Nyden, M. R.; Kashiwagi, T.; Shields, J. R.; Demory, W.
• Effects of Aspect Ratio of MWNT on the Flammability Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites.
  Polymer, Vol. 48, No. 1620, 6086-6096, September 2007.
  Cipiriano, B. H.; Kashiwagi, T.; Raghavan, S. R.; Yang, Y.; Grulke, E. A.; Yamamoto, K.; Shields, J. R.; Douglas, J. F.
• Flame Retardant Mechanism of Polyamid 6-Clay Nanocompsoites.
  Polymer, Vol. 45, No. 3, 881-891, February 2004.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Zhang, X.; Briber, R. M.; Cipriano, B. H.; Raghavan, S. R.; Awad, W. H.; Shields, J. R.
• Flame Retardant Mechanism of the Nanotubes-Based Nanocomposites. Final Report.
  NIST GCR 07-912; Final Report; 68 p. September 2007.
  Kashiwagi, T.
• Flame Retardant Nanocomposite Materials.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 39-40 pp, 1998.
  Giannelis, E. P.
• Flammability and Thermal Stability Studies of Polymer Layered-Silicate (Clay) Nanocomposites.
  Applied Clay Science, Vol. 15, 31-49, 1999.
  Gilman, J. W.
• Flammability and Thermal Stability Studies of Polymer Layered-Silicate (Clay) Nanocomposites. Part 2.
  Flame Retardancy, 10th Annual BCC (Business Communications Co., Inc.) Conference. Proceedings. May 24-26, 1999, Stamford, CT, Business Communications Co., Inc., Norwalk, CT, 1-11 pp, 1999.
  Gilman, J. W.; Morgan, A. B.; Giannelis, E. P.; Wuthenow, M.; Manias, E.
• Flammability of Nanocomposites: Effects of the Shape of Nanoparticles.
  Chapter 6;Fire Retardancy of Polymers. New Applications of Mineral Fillers. Chapter 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 81-99 p., 2005.
  Kashiwagi, T.
• Flammability of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites Consortium: Year One Annual Report.
  NISTIR 6531; 55 p. July 2000.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Brassell, L. D.; VanLandingham, M. R.; Jackson, C. L.
• Flammability of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites.
  Fire Safety Developments Emerging Needs, Product Developments, Non-Halogen FR's, Standards and Regulations. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. March 12-15, 2000, Washington, DC, 25-39 pp, 2000.
  Morgan, A. B.; Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Jackson, C. L.
• Flammability of Polystyrene-Clay Nanocomposites.
  Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 83, 53-54, 2000.
  Morgan, A. B.; Gilman, J. W.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Jackson, C. L.; Wilkie, C. A.; Zhu, J.
• Flammability of Polystyrene Layered Silicate (Clay) Nanocomposites: Carbonaceous Char Formation.
  Fire and Materials, Vol. 26, No. 6, 247-253, November/December 2002.
  Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Kashiwagi, T.; Chyall, L. J.; Gilman, J. W.
• Flammability Performance Comparison Between Synthetic and Natural Clays in Polystyrene Nanocomposites.
  Fire and Materials, Vol. 29, No. 4, 213-229, July/August 2005.
  Morgan, A. B.; Chu, L. L.; Harris, J. D.
• Flammability Properties of Polymer-Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites, Polypropylene and Polystyrene Nanocomposites.
  Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 12, No. 7, 1866-1873, July 17, 2000.
  Gilman, J. W.; Jackson, C. L.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Manias, E.; Giannelis, E. P.; Wuthenow, M.; Hilton, D.; Phillips, S. H.
• Flammability Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites With Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Nanotube Dispersion and Concentration.
  Polymer, Vol. 46, No. 2, 471-481, January 2005.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Du, F.; Winey, K. I.; Groth, K. M.; Shields, J. R.; Bellayer, S. P.; Kim, H.; Douglas, J. F.
• Flammability Studies of Polymer Layered Silicate (Clay) Nanocomposites.
  NISTIR 6242; October 1998.National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editor(s), 37-38 pp, 1998.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Nyden, M. R.; Brown, J. E.; Jackson, C. L.; Lomakin, S. M.; Giannelis, E. P.; Manias, E.
• Flammability Studies of Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites.
  Materials and Process Affordability Keys to the Future. SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, 43rd International Proceedings. Volume 43. Book 1 of 2 Books. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). May 31-June 4, 1998, Anaheim, CAe, Kliger, H. S.; Rasmussen, B.; Pilato, L. A.; Tolle, T. B., Editor(s)(s), 1053-1066 pp, 1998.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Brown, J. E.; Lomakin, S. M.; Giannelis, E. P.; Manias, E.
• Flammability Studies of Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Polyolefin, Epoxy, and Vinyl Ester Resins.
  Chemistry and Technology of Polymer Additives. Chapter 14. 1999, Blackwell Science Inc., Malden, MA, Ak-Malaika, S.; Golovoy, A.; Wilkie, C. A., Editor(s)(s), 249-265 pp, 1999.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Nyden, M. R.; Brown, J. E. T.; Jackson, C. L.; Lomakin, S. M.; Giannelis, E. P.; Manias, E.
• High Throughput Methods for Polymer Nanocomposites Research: Extrusion, NMR Characterization and Flammability Property Screening.
  Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 38, 4451-4460, 2003.
  Gilman, J. W.; Bourbigot, S.; Shields, J. R.; Nyden, M. R.; Kashiwagi, T.; Davis, R. D.; Vanderhart, D. L.; Demory, W.; Wilkie, C. A.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, J.; Lyon, R. E.
• Improved Thermal Stability of Organically Modified Layered Silicates.
  Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 52, No. 2, 171-179, 2004.
  Davis, R. D.; Gilman, J. W.; Sutto, T. E.; Callahan, J. H.; Trulove, P. C.; DeLong, H. C.
• Investigation of Nanodispersion in Polystyrene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites by Solid-State NMR.
  Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 41, No. 24, 3188-3213, December 15, 2003.
  Bourbigot, S.; Vanderhart, D. L.; Gilman, J. W.; Awad, W. H.; Davis, R. D.; Morgan, A. B.; Wilkie, C. A.
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Thermal Degradation of Nano-Confined Polypropylene.
  Materials Today, Vol. 1, No. 4, 12-14, December 1998 AND Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, Vol. 7, No. 3/4, 191-198, 1997,
  Nyden, M. R.; Gilman, J. W.
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Thermal Degradation of Nano-Confined Polypropylene.
  Materials Today, Vol. 1, No. 4, 12-14, December 1998 AND Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, Vol. 7, No. 3/4, 191-198, 1997,
  Nyden, M. R.; Gilman, J. W.
• Nanocomposites: A Revolutionary New Flame Retardant Approach.
  Evolving Technologies for the Competitive Edge. SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, 42nd International Proceedings. Volume 42. Book 2. Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). May 4-8, 1997, Anaheim, CA, Haulik, T., Bailey, V., Burton, R., Editors, 1078-1089 pp, 1997 AND Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, 6th European Meeting. F.R.P.M. '97. Proceedings. Lectures. LCAPS, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL) and Centre de Recherche et d'Etude sur les Procedes d'Ignifugation des Materiaux (CREPIM). Lille, France. September 24-26, 1997, 19-20 pp, 1997, 1997.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Lichtenhan, J. D.
• Nanocomposites: A Revolutionary New Flame Retardant Approach.
  SAMPE Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, 40-46, August 1997.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Lichtenhan, J. D.
• Nanocomposites: Radiative Gasification and Vinyl Polymer Flammability.
  Fire Retardancy of Polymers: The Use of Intumescence. 6th European Meeting. (FRPM'97). Proceedings. Special Publication No. 224. Organised Jointly by the Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et de Physico-Chimie des Solides' de l'E.N.S.C. de Lille and the Centre de Recherche et d'Etude des Procedes d'Ignifugation des Materiaux. September 24-26, 1997, Lille, France, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, LeBras, M.; Camino, G.; Bourbigot, S.; Delobel, R., Editor(s)(s), 203-221 pp, 1998.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Giannelis, E. P.; Manias, E.; Lomakin, S. M.; Lichtenhan, J. D.; Jones, P.
• Nanoparticle Networks Reduce the Flammability of Polymer Nanocomposites.
  Nature Materials, Vol. 4, No. 12, 928-933, December 2005.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Du, F.; Douglas, J. F.; Winey, K. I.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Shields, J. R.
• New Approaches to the Development of Fire-Safe Materials.
  NISTIR 6465; 22 p. February 2000.
  Morgan, A. B.; Gilman, J. W.; Nyden, M. R.; Jackson, C. L.
• Past and Future of Public Flame Retardancy Research.
  International Fire Safety Conference. Spring Conference. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association (FRCA). March 11-14, 2001, San Francisco, CA, Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 93-106 pp, 2001.
  Gilman, J. W.
• Phenolic Cyanate Ester Clay Nanocomposites: Effect of Ammonium Ion Structure on Flammability and Nano-Dispersion.
  Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE). Spring Meeting. Volume 82. Proceedings. American Chemical Society (ASME). March 26-30, 2000, San Francisco, CA, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 276-277 pp, 2000.
  Gilman, J. W.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Jackson, C. L.; Morgan, A. B.; Brassell, L. D.; Hunter, D. L.
• Polymer/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites from Thermally Stable Trialkylimidazolium-Treated Montmorillonite.
  Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 14, No. 9, 3776-3785, 2002.
  Gilman, J. W.; Awad, W. H.; Davis, R. D.; Shields, J. R.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Davis, C. H.; Morgan, A. B.; Sutto, T. E.; Callahan, J.; Trulove, P. C.; DeLong, H. C.
• Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites: Polyamide-6, Polypropylene and Polystyrene.
  New Advances in Flame Retardant Technology. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. October 24-27, 1999, Tucson, AZ, Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 9-22 pp, 1999.
  Gilman, J. W.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Manias, E.; Giannelis, E. P.; Wuthenow, M.
• Polymer Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Thermal Stability of Organic Cationic Treatments.
  Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 83, 59-60, 2000.
  Gilman, J. W.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Trulove, P. C.; DeLong, H. C.; Sutto, T. E.
• Preparation and Flame Resistance Properties of Revolutionary Self-Extinguishing Epoxy Nanocomposites Based on Layered Double Hydroxides.
  Polymer, Vol. 46, No. 22, 9314-9328, October 2005.
  Zammarano, M.; Franceschi, M.; Bellayer, S.; Gilman, J. W.; Meriani, S.
• Processing Degradation of Polyamide 6/Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposites and Clay Organic Modifier.
  Polymer Degradation and Stability, Vol. 79, 111-121, 2003.
  Davis, R. D.; Gilman, J. W.; Vanderhart, D. L.
• Real-Time Measurements of Condensed-Phase Spectra in Burning Polymers.
  Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 53, No. 12, 1653-1655, 1999.
  Nyden, M. R.
• Recent Advances in Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites.
  Fire and Materials 2001. 7th International Conference and Exhibition. Proceedings. Interscience Communications Limited. January 22-24, 2001, San Antonio, TX, 273-283 pp, 2001.
  Gilman, J. W.; Kashiwagi, T.; Morgan, A. B.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Brassell, L. D.; Awad, W. H.; Davis, R. D.; Chyall, L.; Sutto, T.; Trulove, P. C.; DeLong, H.
• Relationship Between Dispersion Metric and Properties of PMMA/SWNT Nanocomposites.
  Polymer, Vol. 48, No. 16, 4855-4866, July 2007.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Fagan, J.; Douglas, J. R.; Yamamoto, K.; Heckert, A. N.; Leigh, S. D.; Obrzut, J.; Du, F.; Lin-Gibson, S.; Mu, M.; Winey, K. I.; Haggenmueller, R.
• Silicon-Based Flame Retardants.
  Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials. Chapter 10, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, Grand, A. F.; Wilkie, C. A., Editor(s), 353-389 p., 2000.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Gilman, J. W.
• Styrene-Acrylonitrile Copolymer Montmorillonite Nanocomposite: Processing, Characterization and Flammability.
  Chapter 13;Fire Retardancy of Polymers. New Applications of Mineral Fillers. Chapter 13, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 177-186 p., 2005.
  Gilman, J. W.; Bourbigot, S.; Bellayer, S.; Stretz, H.; Paul, D. R.
• Thermal and Flammability Properties of a Silica-PMMA Nanocomposites.
  Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 83, 57-58, 2000.
  Morgan, A. B.; Antonucci, J. M.; VanLandingham, M. R.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Kashiwagi, T.
• Thermal and Flammability Properties of a Silica-Poly(methylmethacrylate) Nanocomposite.
  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 89, No. 8, 2072-2078, 2003.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Morgan, A. B.; Antonucci, J. M.; VanLandingham, M. R.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Awad, W. H.; Shields, J. R.
• Thermal and Flammability Properties of Polypropylene/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites.
  Polymer, Vol. 45, No. 12, 4227-4239, May 2004.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Grulke, E.; Hilding, J.; Groth, K. M.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Butler, K. M.; Shields, J. R.; Kharchenko, S.; Douglas, J. F.
• Thermal Degradation and Flammability Properties of Polypropylene-Carbon Nanotube Composites.
  Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 23, No. 13, 761-765, 2002.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Grulke, E.; Hilding, J.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Awad, W.; Douglas, J. F.
• Thermal Degradation and Flammability Properties of Polypropylene-Carbon Nanotube Composites.
  Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 23, No. 13, 761-765, 2002.
  Kashiwagi, T.; Grulke, E.; Hilding, J.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Awad, W.; Douglas, J. F.