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Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites with High Dielectric Performance: Interface Engineering

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Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites in Electronics

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High permittivity polymer-based composites are highly desired due to their potential applications as high energy density capacitors and inherent advantages of easy processing, flexibility and light weight. Graphene, a two-dimensional nanomaterial with a layer thickness of one atom, has showed many outstanding properties and aroused tremendous research enthusiasm. Its large aspect ratio, high surface area and high electric conductivity make it an ideal filler for fabricating polymer-based percolative nanocomposites with high dielectric performance. This chapter reviews progresses in graphene-filled polymer nanocomposites with high permittivity that have been made over the past few years. The basic theory of percolation and the interface effect of graphene/polymer on the dielectric properties of nanocomposites are discussed.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from NSFC (51103011), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (2132029, 2142023), and Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project (YETP0392).

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  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083, Beijing, China

    Dongrui Wang

  2. School of Material and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, 430073, Wuhan, China

    Feng You

  3. Laboratory of Reactions and Process Engineering (CNRS UMR 7274), Université de Lorraine - CNRS, ENSIC, 1 rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001, Nancy, France

    Guo-Hua Hu

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Inha University, Center for EAPap Actuator, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India

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  3. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Inha University, Center for EAPap Actuator, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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Wang, D., You, F., Hu, GH. (2015). Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites with High Dielectric Performance: Interface Engineering. In: Sadasivuni, K., Ponnamma, D., Kim, J., Thomas, S. (eds) Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites in Electronics. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13875-6_3

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