In a recent work by Chenlu et al.[55]. Go was surface modified with hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCTP)
and glycidol to prepare functionalized graphene oxide (FGO). FGO was later added to the epoxy resin followed by
in-situ polymerization (see Fig. 13). FGO showed better dispersion in the matrix and resulted in improved "particle-matrix-particle"
load transfer mechanism. Theelectrical conductivity showed a jump of more than 6 orders of magnitude at 5 wt% of FGO
loading and, hardness and storage modulus was increased by 38% and 113% at 4 wt% and 2 wt% loading of FGO resp.
was reported.