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Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are found at the natural interface between two worlds of chemistry each with very significant contributions to the field of materials science, and with characteristic properties that present numerous advantages. In this respect, the use of environmentally friendly tungsten (molybdenum) disulfide (WS2/MoS2) inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles (IFs) and nanotubes (INTs) has resulted in significant improvement in thermal, mechanical, physical, and surface properties of polymers and polymer matrix composite resins. The surprising properties of these layered metal dichalcogenides such as high impact resistance and superior tribological behavior open up a wide variety of opportunities for applications in, for example, the automotive and aerospace industries, electronics and medical technology and, more particularly, in the field of polymer nanocomposites (Naffakh el al. Prog Polym Sci 2013, 38, 1163-1231).