Handbook of Graphene, Volume 4

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.

• Preface xvii1 Graphene Composites 1Xiao-Jun Shen, Xiao-Ling Zeng and Chen-Yang Dang2 Graphene-Reinforced Advanced Composite Materials 27Xiaochao Ji, Shaojun Qi, Rajib Ahmed and Ahmmed A. Rifat3 Graphene-Based Composite Materials 91Munirah Abdullah Almessiere, Kashif Chaudhary, Jalil Ali and Muhammad Sufi Roslan4 Interfacial Mechanical Properties of Graphene/Substrate System: Measurement Methods and Experimental Analysis 115Chaochen Xu, Hongzhi Du, Yilan Kang and Wei Qiu5 Graphene-Based Ceramic Composites: Processing and Applications 147Kalaimani Markandan and Jit Kai Chin6 Ab Initio Design of 2D and 3D Graphene-Based Nanostructure 171Andrei Timoshevskii, Sergiy Kotrechko, Yuriy Matviychuk and Eugene Kolyvoshko7 Graphene-Based Composite Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications 203Mashkoor Ahmad and Saira Naz8 Graphene-Based Composites with Shape Memory Effect—Properties, Applications, and Future Perspectives 233André Espinha, Ana Domínguez-Bajo, Ankor González-Mayorga and María Concepción SerranoGraphene-Based Scroll Structures: Optical Characterization and Its Application in Resistive Switching Memory Devices 261Janardhanan R. Rani and Jae-Hyung Jang10 Fabrication and Properties of Copper-Graphene Composites 285Vladimir G. Konakov, Ivan Yu. Archakov and Olga Yu. Kurapova11 Graphene-Metal Oxide Composite as Anode Material in Li-Ion Batteries 323Sanjaya Brahma, Shao-Chieh Weng and Jow-Lay Huang12 Graphene/TiO2 Nanocomposites: Synthesis Routes, Characterization, and Solar Cell Applications 353Chin Wei Lai, Foo Wah Low, Siti Zubaidah Binti Mohamed Siddick and Joon Ching Juan13 Role of Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheet Composition with ZnO Nanostructures in Gas Sensing Properties 395A.S.M. Iftekhar Uddin and Hyeon Cheol Kim14 Functional Graphene Oxide/Epoxy Nanocomposite Coatings with Enhanced Protection Properties 419H. Alhumade, R.P. Nogueira, A. Yu, L. Simon and A. Elkamel15 Supramolecular Graphene-Based Systems for Drug Delivery 443Sandra M.A. Cruz, Paula A.A.P. Marques and Artur J.M. Valente16 Polymeric Nanocomposites Including Graphene Nanoplatelets 481Ismaeil Ghasemi and Sepideh Gomari17 Graphene Oxide-Polyacrylamide Composites: Optical and Mechanical Characterizations 517Gülsen Akin Evingür and Önder Pekcan18 Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Polymer/Graphene Oxide Composite Materials 541Carmina Menchaca-Campos, César García-Pérez, Miriam Flores-Domínguez, Miguel A. García-Sánchez, M.A. Hernández-Gallegos, Alba Covelo and Jorge Uruchurtu-ChavarínReferences 568Index 575