posted on 2016-10-10, 00:00authored byEungjin Ahn, Taemin Lee, Minsu Gu, Minju Park, Sa Hoon Min, Byeong-Su Kim
With
its superior electrical, optical, thermal, and mechanical
properties, graphene offers a versatile platform for fabricating innovative
hybrid composite materials with diverse potential applications. The
preparation of graphene-based composites, particularly as thin films
with nanoscale precision, is highly important for fabricating electrodes
for energy and electronic devices as well as for facilitating understanding
of the interplay between each component within the composites. In
this context, the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique offers a
simple and versatile process for the fabrication of highly ordered
multilayer film structures from various types of materials in a controllable
manner. This paper presents details of the preparation and functionalization
of these materials and the techniques for the LbL assembly of different
graphene-based nanocomposites using polymers and nanoparticles. We
anticipate that the protocols presented in this paper will guide researchers
in the reproducible assembly of various high-quality graphene-based
nanocomposites for fundamental researches and for diverse potential
applications.