title: A facile approach to the fabrication of graphene/polystyrene nanocomposite by in situ microemulsion polymerization.
abstract: This paper reports a large scale production route for polystyrene (PS) nanoparticle-functionalized graphene sheets using water based in situ microemulsion polymerization. The higher surface area of the graphene basal plane and the better proximity of the reactant species in in situ microemulsion polymerization were used to functionalize the graphene sheets using PS nanoparticles. The thermal properties of the PS were improved with the incorporation of graphene in the composite. The modified graphene exhibited good compatibility and interactions with the host PS matrix to form conducting PS films.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Archana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Patole
authors.forename: Shashikant P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Patole
authors.forename: Hyuck
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ji-Beom
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Tae-Ho
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn