Recent advance in functionalized graphene/polymer nanocomposites

Abstract

Functionalized graphene (FG) has been considered as one of the next-generation nanofillers for polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) due to its parallel physical properties and cheaper fabricating cost in comparison with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The development of FG/polymer nanocomposites (FPNs) has been growing very fast in the last five years. It seems to be a suitable time to highlight the recent advances in this field and understand the developing direction of this new member of PNCs. To our best knowledge, this review covers most of the important publications relating to the fabrication, properties and application of FPNs to date.