Magnetization of different types of reduced graphene oxide in composites based on polystyrene

The transition from 'the initial graphite material, consisting of multilayer graphene of macroscopic size, to its oxidized form occurring as films, followed by their thermal reduction in an atmosphere of hydrogen, allows for obtaining  submicron galleries of reduced graphene oxide with oxygen-containing groups on the surface. Such hydroxyl and carboxyl groups were used to functionalize the surface of graphene nanosheets with methacrylate groups to twist graphene layers relative to each other during in-situ copolymerization with styrene. In such a composite, mechanical stresses and defects are potential in the graphene nanosheets, which may be the reason for local  superconductivity at room temperature. A similar effect was also recorded for photoreduced graphene oxide with a perforated surface as a component of a polystyrene-based composite.