This book is a comprehensive look at polymer nanocomposites for flame retardancy applications and includes nanocomposite fundamentals (theory, design, synthesis, characterization) as well as polymer flammability fundamentals with emphasis on where nanocomposites affect flammability. Readers can design new work based upon the material in the book, or use it as a handy reference for interpreting existing work and results. Included are detailed experimental procedures, highlighting the necessary steps to enable nanocomposite research with good accuracy and precision in the measured results.