Thermoset Nanocomposites for Engineering Applications

| ac | Alternating current |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| AR | Acrylic resin |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| au | Arbitrary units |
| BaH | Barium hexaferrite |
| BAS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| BDMA | Benzyldimethylamine |
| BET | Brunauer-emmett-teller |
| CCA | Cluster-cluster aggregation |
| CCR | Conductivity current relaxation |
| CNT | Carbon nanotubes |
| CR | Conductivity relaxation |
| CTE | Coefficient of thermal expansion |
| D | Diamond |
| dc | Direct current |
| DETA | Diethylenetriamine |
| DGEBA | Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A |
| DMA | Dynamic mechanical analysis |
| DMTA | Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis |
| DRS | Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy |
| DS | Dielectric spectroscopy |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| DTA | Differential thermal analysis |
| DTG | Differential thermogravimetry |
| ECCN | Epoxy-clay carbon nanocomposties |
| ECDN | Epoxy-clay diamond nonocomposites |
| ECN | Epoxy-clay nanocomposites |
| EMT | Effective medium theories |
| ER | Epoxy resin |
| FRA | Frequency response analyser |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| GD | Graphite/diamond |
| GD/M | Graphite/diamond/magnetite |
| HN | Havriliak-Negami |
| HRR | Heart release rate |
| iPP | Isotactic polypropylene |
| IR | Infra red |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| K-BKZ | Kaye-bernstein, kearsley, zapas |
| LCP | Liquid crystal polymer |
| LDH | Layered double hydroxide(s) |
| LPA | Low profile additive |
| M | Magnetic |
| MDA | Methylenedianilamine |
| MEKP | Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide |
| MMT | Montmorillonite |
| MTS | Methyl triethoxysilane |
| MW | Microwave |
| NCP | Nanosized carbon particle(s) |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| OA | Oleic acid |
| ON | Organosilicon nanophase |
| PAAS | Polyamic acid with ethyl silane end-groups |
| PDMS | Polydimethylsiloxane |
| PI | Polyimide(s) |
| PMMA | Polymethylmethacrylate |
| PMR | Polymerisation of monomer reactants |
| POE | Polyoxyethylene 23 lauryl ether(Brij 35) |
| PP | Polypropylene |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| PU | Polyurethane |
| QA | Quaternised ammonium |
| SAN | Hexadecyl-octadecyl ammonium chloride |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SOLT | Short-open-load-thru |
| SPN | Oligo(oxypropylene)-diethyl-methyl ammonium chloride |
| St | Styrene |
| STN | Trioctyl methyl ammonium chloride |
| TDS | Time-domain spectroscopy |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| T g | Glass transition temperature |
| TG |