Influence of Crystallization Conditions on the Microstructure and Electromechanical Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride−trifluoroethylene−chlorofluoroethylene) Terpolymers

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (19) ◽  
pp. 7220-7226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob J. Klein ◽  
J. Runt ◽  
Q. M. Zhang
Author(s):  
Sujay Deshmukh ◽  
Zoubeida Ounaies

Efforts to enhance the electromechanical properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and its copolymers have been directed at optimizing the molecular chemistry, stretching and poling parameters. This study investigates an alternative approach to enhancing the properties via adding nanoinclusions in PVDF. We investigate the enhanced electrostrictive response in PVDF by adding Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs). We also show the change in the non-polar morphology of “as-is” PVDF to the polar γ phase by adding SWNTs and eventually to the piezoelectric β phase by stretching the nanocomposites.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 8215-8221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naohiro Terasawa ◽  
Kinji Asaka

This study describes new actuators with cellulose nanofibers, single-walled carbon nanotubes and ionic liquids (CNFs/SWCNTs/ILs) and examines the electrochemical and electromechanical properties of the CNF/SWCNT/IL gel hybrid actuators.


2005 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Yang ◽  
Zhimin Li ◽  
LeVar Odum ◽  
Z.-Y. Cheng

ABSTRACTThe influence of the crystallization condition - temperature and time - on the structure of poly (vinylidene fluoride chlorotrifluoroethylene), P(VDF-CTFE), was studied using DSC and XRD. The DSC results of all studied polymers show three peaks. One peak, which is associated with crystallization temperature, represents the appearance of unstable phase in the polymers. Both XRD and DSC data indicate the coexistence of different phases in the polymers, which may be the reason for the high electrostrictive performance obtained in the polymers.


2001 ◽  
Vol 78 (16) ◽  
pp. 2360-2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haisheng Xu ◽  
Z.-Y. Cheng ◽  
Dana Olson ◽  
T. Mai ◽  
Q. M. Zhang ◽  
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