inclusion by utilizing in situ polymerization under sonication in the presence of such an inclusion agent in order to substantially and or uniformly disperse the agent throughout the matrix preferably the sonication is conducted at least in part simultaneously with the polymerization reaction in these embodiments for further details see e g u s pat no 7 588 699 which is hereby incorporated by reference thereto products made by methods of the invention can be prepared by forming the toughened composite material into for example and without limitation a film a fiber a coating a foam an adhesive or a mold by conventional methods known to the art i e by casting spraying spinning extrusions melt press etc which is concomitant to the advantages maintained by the small inclusions which provide for toughening without significantly altering the requirements for normal material processing markets for toughened composites range without limitation from conventional commodity plastic goods to high tech based aerospace automotive and microelectronics the following examples further illustrate the invention but of course should not be construed as in any way limiting its scope this example demonstrates at least one aspect of the present invention as shown in fig1 a sample prepared with 1 inclusion of swnts in a polyimide colorless polyimide 2 larc cp2.