Abstract
Recently, many researchers are highly motivated on a wide range of 2D materials such as boron nitride, graphite carbon nitride, and black phosphorus due to their favorable physicochemical properties that lead to their diverse applications in potential fields including photocatalysis, energy storage, biomedical applications, etc. The pioneer of this research related to 2D materials is of course graphene. Nowadays, researchers are using graphene and its compounds such as graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, and chemically converted graphene (also called chemically modified graphene) to make graphene-based functional nanocomposites as go-to materials for large-scale industrial as well as clinical applications. This chapter is mainly dedicated towards modern synthesis techniques with the key properties of graphene-based nanocomposites, their vast array of applications, and finally, illustration of the future prospect of the wonderful nanocomposite materials.
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Authors thankfully acknowledge UGC-RGNF and CSIR, Government of India, for providing the financial supports to the authors (AN and SB) during their doctoral research works.
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Naskar, A., Bera, S., Jana, S. (2020). Graphene-Based Nanocomposites. In: Hussain, C., Thomas, S. (eds) Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10614-0_28-1
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