A Comprehensive Review of Graphene Nanocomposites: Research Status and Trends

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the present trends in graphene research with an emphasis on graphene-based nanocomposites and their applications. Various synthesis routes have recently been devised for mass production of graphene to address the needs of the composite industry. This paper describes the worldwide scenario of research and patents being conducted in the field of graphene nanocomposites. It concludes with a discussion of the impact of graphene in composites and the future challenges to meeting industrial demands.

Dispersion and re-agglomeration of graphite nanoplates in polypropylene melts under controlled flow conditions

“…It is a promising material for applications in sensors [3], electronic and photonic devices [4], clean energy [5], drug delivery and tissue engineering [6], biomaterials [7] and in polymer nanocomposites [8]. Graphene and its derivatives -graphene oxide [9][10][11][12], reduced graphene oxide [13][14][15], graphene quantum dots [16,17], graphene nanoribbons [18] and graphene nanomeshes [19] -have been produced by different routes, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) [20], growth on crystalline silicon carbide (SiC) [21] and mechanical exfoliation of graphite [22].…”

Flow-induced crystallization of polypropylene in the presence of graphene nanoplatelets and relevant mechanical properties in nanocompsoite fibres

“…Graphene/ polymer nanocomposites have shown potential applications in the fields of electronic, aerospace, automobile, defense industries, green technology, etc. [1,[4][5][6][7][8].…”

Polymer/carbon nanofillers films fabricated by latex technology

“…The significantly lower percolation threshold of the studied systems is attributed to the high CNT dispersion level in the resulting nanocomposite layers, which is found to facilitate the formation of a conducting network at lower filler loadings . It should also be noted that the percolation value achieved in this work is considerably lower compared with other polymer/MWNT nanocomposites reported in the literature, demonstrating the superiority of the developed fabrication approach compared with the previous methods. Table S1 (Supporting information) summarizes the percolation threshold values reported for polymer/CNT nanocomposites fabricated via the latex‐based approach, demonstrating that the percolation threshold of the studied polyacrylate/MWNT layers is low in comparison with the literature reported values.…”