Handbook of Graphene, Volume 4

The fourth volume in a series of handbooks on graphene research and applications

The Handbook of Graphene, Volume 4: Composites looks at composite materials exclusively. Topics covered include graphene composites and graphene-reinforced advanced composite materials. The following graphene-based subjects are discussed: ceramic composites; composite nanostructures; composites with shape memory effect; and scroll structures. Chapters also address: the fabrication and properties of copper–graphene composites; graphene–metal oxide composite as an anode material in li-ion batteries; supramolecular graphene-based systems for drug delivery; and other graphene-related areas of interest to scientists and researchers.

Preface xvii

1 Graphene Composites 1
Xiao-Jun Shen, Xiao-Ling Zeng and Chen-Yang Dang

2 Graphene-Reinforced Advanced Composite Materials 27
Xiaochao Ji, Shaojun Qi, Rajib Ahmed and Ahmmed A. Rifat

3 Graphene-Based Composite Materials 91
Munirah Abdullah Almessiere, Kashif Chaudhary, Jalil Ali and Muhammad Sufi Roslan

4 Interfacial Mechanical Properties of Graphene/Substrate System: Measurement Methods and Experimental Analysis 115
Chaochen Xu, Hongzhi Du, Yilan Kang and Wei Qiu

5 Graphene-Based Ceramic Composites: Processing and Applications 147
Kalaimani Markandan and Jit Kai Chin

6 Ab Initio Design of 2D and 3D Graphene-Based Nanostructure 171
Andrei Timoshevskii, Sergiy Kotrechko, Yuriy Matviychuk and Eugene Kolyvoshko

7 Graphene-Based Composite Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications 203
Mashkoor Ahmad and Saira Naz

8 Graphene-Based Composites with Shape Memory Effect—Properties, Applications, and Future Perspectives 233
André Espinha, Ana Domínguez-Bajo, Ankor González-Mayorga and María Concepción Serrano

Graphene-Based Scroll Structures: Optical Characterization and Its Application in Resistive Switching Memory Devices 261
Janardhanan R. Rani and Jae-Hyung Jang

10 Fabrication and Properties of Copper-Graphene Composites 285
Vladimir G. Konakov, Ivan Yu. Archakov and Olga Yu. Kurapova

11 Graphene-Metal Oxide Composite as Anode Material in Li-Ion Batteries 323
Sanjaya Brahma, Shao-Chieh Weng and Jow-Lay Huang

12 Graphene/TiO2 Nanocomposites: Synthesis Routes, Characterization, and Solar Cell Applications 353
Chin Wei Lai, Foo Wah Low, Siti Zubaidah Binti Mohamed Siddick and Joon Ching Juan

13 Role of Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheet Composition with ZnO Nanostructures in Gas Sensing Properties 395
A.S.M. Iftekhar Uddin and Hyeon Cheol Kim

14 Functional Graphene Oxide/Epoxy Nanocomposite Coatings with Enhanced Protection Properties 419
H. Alhumade, R.P. Nogueira, A. Yu, L. Simon and A. Elkamel

15 Supramolecular Graphene-Based Systems for Drug Delivery 443
Sandra M.A. Cruz, Paula A.A.P. Marques and Artur J.M. Valente

16 Polymeric Nanocomposites Including Graphene Nanoplatelets 481
Ismaeil Ghasemi and Sepideh Gomari

17 Graphene Oxide-Polyacrylamide Composites: Optical and Mechanical Characterizations 517
Gülsen Akin Evingür and Önder Pekcan

18 Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Polymer/Graphene Oxide Composite Materials 541
Carmina Menchaca-Campos, César García-Pérez, Miriam Flores-Domínguez, Miguel A. García-Sánchez, M.A. Hernández-Gallegos, Alba Covelo and Jorge Uruchurtu-Chavarín

References 568

Index 575

Cengiz Ozkan obtained his PhD in Materials Science from Stanford University in 1997 and he is now a Professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University California Riverside, USA. His research areas include the bottom-up fabrication of bio-nano systems, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of nanostructures, chemical vapor deposition of graphene, nanowire fabrics, photovoltaics and nanoelectronics. He has several US patents, over 40 patent disclosures and more than 100 technical publications. His awards include the FCRP/GRC Inventor Recognition Award, the TASSA Research Award and the Achievement in Technical Ingenuity Award.

This unique multidisciplinary 8-volume set focuses on the emerging issues concerning graphene materials and provides a shared platform for both researcher and industry.

The Handbook of Graphene comprises 140 chapters from world renowned experts and presents in a unique eight-volume format covering all aspects relating to graphene—its development, synthesis, application techniques, and integration methods; its modification and functionalization; its characterization tools and related 2D materials; physical, chemical, and biological studies of graphene and related 2D materials; graphene composites; use of graphene in energy, healthcare, and environmental applications (electronics, photonics, spintronics, bioelectronics and optoelectronics, photovoltaics, energy storage, fuel cells and hydrogen storage, and graphene-based devices); its large-scale production and characterization; as well as graphene-related 2D material innovations and their commercialization.

Volume 4 is solely focused on selected topics in graphene composites materials and provides an overview of the multitude of different research directions that are currently being taken at the international level. Some of the important topics include but are not limited to: Graphene composites; graphene reinforced advanced composite materials; graphene based composites materials; interfacial mechanical properties of graphene/substrate system: measuring method and experimental analysis; graphene based ceramic composites: processing and applications; ab-initio design of 2d and 3d graphene-based nanostructure; graphene based composite nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications; graphene-based composites with shape memory effect-properties, applications and future perspectives; graphene-based scroll structures: optical characterization and its application in resistive switching memory devices fabrication and properties of copper-graphene composites; graphene-metal oxide composite as anode materials in li ion batteries; graphene/tio₂ nanocomposites: synthesis routes, characterization, and solar cell applications role of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets composition with zno nanostructures in gas sensing properties functional graphene oxide/epoxy nanocomposites coatings with enhanced protection properties; supramolecular graphene-based systems for drug delivery; polymeric nanocomposites including graphene nanoplatelets; graphene oxide- polyacrylamide composites: optical and mechanical characterizations; synthesis, characterization and applications of polymer/graphene oxide composites materials.

Audience

This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the field of advanced materials and graphene in particular, who are currently investigating the fundamental properties of this material and its applications in micro- and nanotechnologies.