Epoxy resin products exhibit some intrinsic limitations of poor fire resistance and low tribology features under dry sliding, making them not suitable for many professional applications. Thus, the comprehensive properties of EP composites must be boosted to meet the needs when served as engineering parts and broaden their application field in high-demanding circumstances. Nie and his co-workers utilized the metal–organic framework as the hard template and nickel source to synthesize whisker-shaped nickel phyllosilicates. With the introduction of low-content of whisker-shaped nickel phyllosilicate, the wear resistance and self-extinguishing performance of composites are excellent compared with pure epoxy resin, proving that the whisker-shaped nickel phyllosilicates can serve as effective reinforcements to enhance fire resistance and tribological properties. This study suggests that whisker-shaped nickel phyllosilicate is a promising reinforcement in preparing high-performance epoxy-based materials. (Yuxuan Xu, Guanglong Dai, Shibin Nie, Jinian Yang, Song Liu, Hong Zhang, Xiang Dong, pp. 1493–1504)
