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Graphene-Based Polymer Composites: Physical and Chemical Properties

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The graphene-based polymer composites are of immense interest for their end-use applicability in the field of electromagnetic interference shielding devices, tissue engineering, sensor, power storage, supercapacitors, and energy storage devices. Graphene oxide is one of the finest nanomaterials with outstanding physical and chemical properties for the choice of scientific and engineering applications. The present chapter is focused mainly on two categories. In the first category synthesis technique is based on electrospinning for the fabrication of graphene-reinforced polymeric composites. In the second one, we have primarily emphasized graphene-based composites with many organic and polymeric materials including polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), epoxy, polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyimide (PI), polyurethane (PU), polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole, and polythiophene in more detail. In addition, the thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties of these graphene-based polymeric composites have been discussed in a lucid manner. The concluding section of this current chapter throws light on the current challenges and opens the path for these new promising composite materials for their technological applications as per the contemporary demands.

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Moharana, S., Sahu, B.B., Singh, L., Mahaling, R.N. (2022). Graphene-Based Polymer Composites: Physical and Chemical Properties. In: Sahoo, S., Tiwari, S.K., Das, A.K. (eds) Defect Engineering of Carbon Nanostructures. Advances in Material Research and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94375-2_7

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