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higher bending stresses, the same is not true for bending strain and stiffness. Therefore, this parameter must be considered in the manufacturing process of these nanocomposites. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the project Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000017 - EMaDeS - Energy, Materials and Sustainable Development, co-financed by the Portugal 2020 Program (PT 2020), within the Regional Operational Program of the Center (CENTRO 2020) and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This study was also sponsored by national funds through FCT — Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the grant UI/BD/151477/2021 and project UIDB/00285/2020 and. Finally, authors are also grateful to Graphenest for providing the graphene used in this study. References Anwar, Zanib, Ayesha Kausar, Irum Rafique, and Bakhtiar Muhammad. 2016. Advances in Epoxy/Graphene Nanoplatelet Composite with Enhanced Physical Properties: A Review. Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering 55 (6): 643 – 62. https://doi.org/10.1080/03602559.2015.1098695. Aswathnarayan, Mangisetty S., Muniyappa Muniraju, Hosuru N. Reddappa, and Bekkalale M. Rudresh. 2020. Synergistic Effect of Nano Graphene on the Mechanical Behaviour of Glass-Epoxy Polymer Composites. Materials Today: Proceedings 20: 177 – 84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.10.166. Ceccia, Simona, Dino Ferri, Daniela Tabuani, and Pier Luca Maffettone. 2008. Rheology of Carbon Nanofiber-Reinforced Polypropylene. Rheologica Acta 47 (4): 425 – 33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-008-0265-4. Dimiev, Ayrat M., and Siegfried Eigler. 2013. Graphene Oxide: Fundamentals and Applications. SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae 43 (6): 1064 – 72. http://engine.scichina.com/doi/10.1360/zd-2013-43-6-1064. Doǧan, Nurettin Furkan, Mehmet Bulut, Ahmet Erkliǧ, and Omer Ya vuz Bozkurt. 2019. Mechanical and Low Velocity Impact Characterization of Carbon/Glass Hybrid Composites with Graphene Nanoplatelets. Materials Research Express 6 (8): 085304. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab1c03. Koziol, Mateusz, Marcin Jesionek, and Piotr Szperlich. 2017. Addition of a Small Amount of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Flaked Graphene to Epoxy Resin. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 36 (9): 640 – 54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684416689144. Kuilla, Tapas, Sambhu Bhadra, Dahu Yao, Nam Hoon Kim, Saswata Bose, and Joong Hee Lee. 2010. Recent Advances in Graphene Based Polymer Composites. Progress in Polymer Science 35 (11): 1350 – 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.07.005. Parente, João M., Marco P. Silva, Paulo Santos, and Paulo N.B. Reis. 2019. Viscoelastic Behaviour of Nanocomposites Enhanced by Graphene: An Overview. Material Design & Processing Communications 1 (6): 1 – 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/mdp2.99. Rathinasabapathi, G., and A. Krishnamoorthy. 2019. Comparative Experimental Investigations on Mechanical Properties of Graphene and Multi Walled Carbon Nano Tubes Reinforced Epoxy/Glass Fibre Composites. In AIP Conference Proceedings . Vol. 2162. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130304. Yu, Jin Won, Jin Jung, Yong-Mun Choi, Jae Hun Choi, Jaesang Yu, Jae Kwan Lee, Nam-Ho You, and Munju Goh. 2016. Enhancement of the Crosslink Density, Glass Transition Temperature, and Strength of Epoxy Resin by Using Functionalized Graphene Oxide Co-Curing Agents. Polymer Chemistry 7 (1): 36 – 43. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5PY01483B.