PREFACE, 1. PREPARATION, STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP, AND APPLICATIONS OF LAYERED SILICATE RUBBER LATEX NANOCOMPOSITES, 2. POLYMER-GRAPHITE NANOCOMPOSITES, 3. POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITES, 4. POLYOLEFIN CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES, 5. PMMA-, PAN AND ACRYLIC- BASED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 6. POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES, 7. SEMICONDUCTOR-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 8. CELLULOSE FIBRIL- AND WHISKER-REINFORCED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 9. ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL, THERMOMECHANICAL, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON- FIBER- REINFORCED AND SANDWICH COMPOSITES THROUGH NANOPHASED EPOXY/FOAM, 10. THE CURE BEHAVIOR OF THERMOSETTING RESIN- BASED NANOCOMPOSITES CHARACTERIZED BY USING DYNAMIC TORSIONAL VIBRATION METHOD, 11. NMR INVESTIGATIONS ON POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 12. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BY SMALL- ANGLE SCATTERING, 13. FIRE-RETARDANT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 14. NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES, 15. APPLICATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES IN IMAGING AND DISPLAY MEDIA