Manufacturing and characterization of multifunctional polymer-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites

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A brief account of each of the carbon-based nanofillers discussing the structural morphology and production techniques is presented in the following sections. Typical properties of the aforementioned carbon-based nanofillers are listed in Table 8.1. 

2 Graphene oxide (GO) synthesis and characterization 8.1.2.1 Oxidation of graphite 

Graphite oxide has been synthesized and smdied by chemists since 1859 when it was first discovered by British chemist B.C. Brodie, who used potassium chlorate (KCIO3) to oxidize graphite slurry in fuming nitric acid (HNO3). Due to the dispersible namre of 

An efficient chemical reduction method to produce graphene from GO is one of the prime areas of research today. Apart from that, tuning the physical and chemical properties of GO for engineering usage as nanofiller also requires controlling the extent of reduction. Several papers report that a wide variety of chemical and/or thermal routes have been published in recent years (Lin et al., 2010), as summarized in succeeding sections. 

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Manufacturing and characterization of multifunctional polymer-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites... 

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