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In the last decade, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and Graphene nanoplatele (GNP) has been attracted a lot of attention in various polymer and ceramic composite systems to improve the mechanical and functional properties.However, the homogenous dispersion of CNTs or GNPs is more of a challenge, owing to the tendency of CNTs agglomeration due to the existence of strong Van der Waals forces.Graphene oxide (GO) can be a proper alternative to address the dispersion issue in composite systems.It can be produced easily from chemically oxidized natural graphite in large scale.The oxygen-containing groups render GO sheets hydrophilic and highly dispersible in water, whereas the aromatic regions offer active sites to make it possible to interact with other aromatic molecules through π-π supramolecular interactions.Such a unique chemical structure prompted us to explore GO as a dispersant to suspend functionalised CNTs in water and to develop a new solution processing strategy for making graphene/CNT hybrid for advanced nanocomposites.