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Functionalizing Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes

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Abstract

Graphene is a new member of the nanocarbon family that has revolutionized the field of materials science and has attracted much attention due to its exceptional properties. Recent progress has shown that graphene-based nanocomposites can be used in nanoelectronics, touch screens, optics, catalysis, supercapacitors, fuel cell transistors, flexible electronics, H2 storage, and polymer nanocomposites. The functionalization is a surface modification much used to reduce the cohesive force between the graphene sheets and also to manipulate the physical and chemical properties. The aim of this book was to provide a comprehensive scientific progress of graphene, containing topics such as synthesis, characterization, and application of functionalized graphene. The characterization of the functionalized graphene is extremely important for determining the physicochemical properties of the material obtained after the functionalization treatments. However, this characterization is rarely addressed in books or in review articles. Generally, the functionalization reviews are too wide-ranging, discussing the functionalization of various materials (e.g., nanomaterials) or too specific, analyzing only one functionalization agent (with some specific chemical group, for example). This book, however, proposes to discuss the functionalization of one of the most widely used nanomaterials in recent years: graphene. Thus, the reader will find information on graphene functionalization, using several functionalization agents, in the same book.

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