• polymer composites
• phosphorene
• black phosphorus

Black phosphorus flakes (bP)and phosphorene dispersion were used as fillers for polymeric matrices. Polystyrene (PS) polymethyl(methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(lacti acid) (PLA), poly vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) were used to prepare nanocomposites with different methodologies: polymer solution intercalation of phosphorene suspension, liquid phase exfoliation of bP by polymeric solutions, and liquid phase exfoliation of bP by monomers followed by in-situ polymerization. Finally, the morphology, the structure and the thermal properties of these polymer nanocomposites were analysed with the aim to evaluate the possible interaction of bP crystalline phase and the macromolecular chains.