Polymeric products containing modified carbon products and methods of making and using the same

A modified carbon product comprising a) a carbon having attached at least one attached directly to carbon organic group, b) at least one ionic group, ionizable group, or mixture thereof attached to said organic group, and c) at least one counter-ionic group with at least one monomeric or polymeric group, counter-ionizable group with at least one monomeric or polymeric group, or a mixture thereof, attached to said ionic group or ionizable group or both, wherein said monomeric group it is an olefin group, a styrenic group, an acrylate group, an amide group, an ester group or mixtures thereof.