Influence of the annealing conditions on the polarization and electromechanical response of high-energy-electron-irradiated poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) copolymer

2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 797-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xia ◽  
Y. K. Wang ◽  
Hengfeng Li ◽  
Cheng Huang ◽  
Y. Ma ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Min Li ◽  
Z.-Y. Cheng

ABSTRACTThe effect of the high-energy-electron irradiation on the crystallization process in poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethyelene) [(P(VDF-TrFE)] 65/35 mol% copolymers was studied by nonisothermal crystallization using the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique. The experimental data are analyzed using modified Avrami, Ozawa, and combined Avrami-Ozawa methods. It is found that the crystals grow in three dimensions in the irradiated samples. It is found that the irradiation results in a lower crystallization temperature and a lower crystallization activation energy. It is also found that the irradiated samples have a lower crystallization temperature than the unirradiated samples. All these results indicate that the crystals grown in the irradiated samples have a smaller surface energy, which corresponds to a thicker interfacial layer.


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