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Abstract : Recently the decoration of graphene with metallic nanoparticles by a simultaneous reduction of graphene oxide (GO) and synthesis of metallic nanoparticles has gained momentum. Graphene and GO have been proved to exhibit excellent biocompatibility and high antibacterial activity and hence a vast possibility lies in the utilization of GO as an antibacterial reinforcement in biomaterials and exploration of the antiseptic properties as well as the cytotoxicity of GO-containing composites . Moreover GO decorated with metal/ metal oxide paves way towards an inevitable role in water purification. The use of graphene oxide as the nano scale substrates for the formation of nanocomposites with metal oxides is a novel idea to obtain a hybrid which would exhibit both the properties of GO as a fascinating paper-shape material and the features of single nano-sized metal particles. Modified graphene oxide nanocomposites prepared using a green approach has the capacity of absorbing pollutant material ions in high efficiency and selectivity. The green synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using FTIR and UV spectroscopy.