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Polymer Nanocomposites for Advanced Automobile Applications
The automotive industry is one major sector that consume material such as plastic at the advanced technological
level. Hence, automotive plastics are now gaining attention due to the desire for light weight and low CO2 emission
from vehicles. It is therefore anticipated that polymer nanocomposites will significantly enhance the performance of
current technologies for car industries due to their excellent mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical and barrier
properties and their influence on fire retardancy. Hence, with the use of polymer nanocomposites, the encouraging
outcomes in different sectors of automotive industry has resulted to new horizons in terms of advanced polymer
nanocomposites for automobile applications. This chapter reviews advance polymer composites for automobile
applications. Methods of fabricating polymer nanocomposites and several applications of polymer nanocomposites in
automotive industries are discussed