scholarly journals Crystallinity and β Phase Fraction of PVDF in Biaxially Stretched PVDF/PMMA Films

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 998
Author(s):  
Ye Zhou ◽  
Wenting Liu ◽  
Bin Tan ◽  
Cheng Zhu ◽  
Yaru Ni ◽  
...  

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blend films were prepared using biaxial stretching. The effects of PMMA content and stretching ratio on the crystallinity and β phase fraction of PVDF in blend films were investigated. The distributions of crystallinity and β phase fraction on variable locations were also studied. The results of FTIR and XRD showed that β phase appeared in PVDF/PMMA blends after extrusion and casting procedures. Although β phase fraction decreased after preheating, there was still an increasing trend during following biaxial stretching. More importantly, the increase in PMMA content improved β phase fraction, and the highest β phase fraction of 93% was achieved at PMMA content of 30 wt% and stretching ratio of 2×2. Besides, the reduction in PMMA content and the increase in stretching ratio improved the crystallinity of PVDF. The mechanical properties of the stretched films were significantly improved by increasing the stretching ratio as well. The uniform stress distribution on different regions of biaxial stretching films contributed to the uniform distribution of β phase fraction and crystallinity of PVDF with the aid of simulation. This work confirmed that biaxial stretching can be a candidate method to prepare PVDF/PMMA blend films with uniform distributions of comparable β phase and crystallinity of PVDF.

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (S2) ◽  
pp. E1208-E1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Ghajar ◽  
Mahmoud Mosavi Mashhadi ◽  
Mehrdad Irannejad ◽  
Seid Jebril ◽  
Mustafa Yavuz ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Manikandan ◽  
S. Muruganand ◽  
K. Sriram ◽  
P. Balakrishnan ◽  
A. Suresh Kumar

The polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber has widely investigated as a sensor and transducer material, because of its high piezo and Ferro electric properties. The novel nano structure of PVDF has attracted considerable interest in the bio sensing and biomedical application. This paper deals with PVDF Tactile sensor. Basically The PVDF acts as piezoelectric effect which convert load into electrical signals. The tactile sensor has a main role for visual handicap and robotics. Any physical activities of robotic in all industrial the tactile sensor is a crucible role, whether it can left the object or handling glass parts pressure of object is main. The Sandwich type PVDF base tactile sensor has been fabricated using nanofiber. Using electro spinning method, the PVDF based nanofiber coated over coper the electrodes. In normal, the PVDF has α-phase and while applying electric pulse the PVDF polymer would be changed from α-phase into β-phase. Only in β-phase, the PVDF act as piezo electrics sensor and measure the piezoelectricity simultaneously measure pressure and temperature in real time. The pressure was monitored from the change in the electrical resistance via the piezo resistance of the material. The enhancement of PVDF properties has been carried by using SEM. The SEM image result showed that the size of nanofiber, the size of nanofiber is varied in the range of (180 nm-400 nm) with smooth surface. The X-Ray diffraction has shown that the PVDF was aggregated with the β-phase crystalline nature. Due to β-phase it was act as a piezo electric prosperity’s and its results are very high sensitivity.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Liao ◽  
Tjong

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE) with excellent piezoelectricity and good biocompatibility are attractive materials for making functional scaffolds for bone and neural tissue engineering applications. Electrospun PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) scaffolds can produce electrical charges during mechanical deformation, which can provide necessary stimulation for repairing bone defects and damaged nerve cells. As such, these fibrous mats promote the adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of bone and neural cells on their surfaces. Furthermore, aligned PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) fibrous mats can enhance neurite growth along the fiber orientation direction. These beneficial effects derive from the formation of electroactive, polar β-phase having piezoelectric properties. Polar β-phase can be induced in the PVDF fibers as a result of the polymer jet stretching and electrical poling during electrospinning. Moreover, the incorporation of TrFE monomer into PVDF can stabilize the β-phase without mechanical stretching or electrical poling. The main drawbacks of electrospinning process for making piezoelectric PVDF-based scaffolds are their small pore sizes and the use of highly toxic organic solvents. The small pore sizes prevent the infiltration of bone and neuronal cells into the scaffolds, leading to the formation of a single cell layer on the scaffold surfaces. Accordingly, modified electrospinning methods such as melt-electrospinning and near-field electrospinning have been explored by the researchers to tackle this issue. This article reviews recent development strategies, achievements and major challenges of electrospun PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Mohmmed AlAhzm ◽  
Maan Omar Alejli ◽  
Deepalekshmi Ponnamma ◽  
Yara Elgawady ◽  
Mariam Al Ali Al-Maadeed

Abstract Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENG) with flexible and simple design have pronounced significance in fabricating sustainable devices for self-powering electronics. This study demonstrates the fabrication of electrospun nanocomposite fibers from polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) filled Zinc Oxide (ZnO)/Iron Oxide (FeO) nanomaterials. The nanocomposite fiber based flexible PENG showed piezoelectric output voltage of 5.9 V when 3 wt.% of ZnO/FeO hybrid nanomaterial was introduced, which was 29.5 times higher than the neat PVDF. No apparent decline in output voltage was observed for almost 2000 seconds attributed to the outstanding durability. This higher piezoelectric output performance is correlated with the β-phase transformation studies from the Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy and the crystallinity studies from the differential scanning calorimetry. Both these studies show respective enhancement of 3.79 and 2.16 % in the β-phase crystallinity values of PVDF-ZnO/FeO 3 wt.% composite. Higher dielectric constant value obtained for the same composite (3 times higher than the neat PVDF) confirms the increased energy storage efficiency as well. Thus the proposed soft and flexible PENG is a promising mechanical energy harvester, and its good dielectric properties reveals the ability to use this material as good power sources for wearable and flexible electronic devices.


2014 ◽  
Vol 605 ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. El-Shaer ◽  
A.K. Aboulseoud ◽  
M. Soliman ◽  
Sh. Ebrahim

Infrared detection based on polymeric materials is continuously developed in order to be cheap and easy to processing and also having high pyroelectric coefficient to convert heat to electrical signal. PANI/DBSA was blended with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with different weight ratios to improve pyroelectric coefficient and electrical conductivity of PVDF. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity is measured in the range of 20-100 °C It was found that the pyroelectric coefficient increased from 1.5×10-8 C/m2 °C for pristine PVDF to 2.61×10-5 C/m2 °C at 25 wt.% PANI at 30 °C. The infrared detector circuit connected to the gate of a voltage follower JFET with high input impedance was designed to convert the high output impedance of the sensor into the output resistance. The output from the sensor and JFET is amplified in two stages of operational amplifier with high voltage gain with low noise.


2013 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 611-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Kushizaki ◽  
Masayoshi Tokihisa ◽  
Hideki Tomiyama ◽  
Toshiro Yamada

The deformation behavior of Polypropylene (PP) film during successive biaxial stretching process which consists of machine direction (MD) stretching process with a roll drawing and transverse direction (TD) stretching with a tentering was analyzed sequentially by using a finite element method (FEM). In order to analyze it, stress-strain curves of casted PP film and uni-axially oriented PP film in MD were measured and fitted into the constitutive equation that the authors developed previously, respectively, and then, material constants for both films were obtained. Deformation behavior during successive biaxial stretching were calculated by applying the constitutive equation with the material constants of casted PP film for MD stretching and uni-axially oriented PP film in MD for TD stretching, respectively. Analytical conditions were the draw ratio of 5 for MD analysis and the stretching ratio of 9.5 for TD analysis. The authors also experimentally measured the thickness of film during and after MD and TD stretching using a pilot plant under the same conditions as analytical condition. Calculated results were able to express qualitatively the experimental deformation behavior of PP film such as the neck-in phenomena during MD stretching and the change of film thickness during MD and TD stretching.


2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Mahato ◽  
A. Seal ◽  
S. Garain ◽  
S. Sen

AbstractThe effect of different fabrication techniques on the formation of electroactive β-phase polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) has been investigated. Films with varying concentration of PVDF and solvent - dimethyl formamide (DMF) were synthesized by tape casting and solvent casting techniques. The piezoelectric β-phase as well as non polar β-phase were observed for both the tape cast and solvent cast films from X-ray diffraction (XRD) micrographs and Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectra. A maximum percentage (80 %) of β-phase was obtained from FT-IR analysis for a solvent cast PVDF film. The surface morphology of the PVDF films was analyzed by FESEM imaging. The dielectric properties as a function of temperature and frequency and the ferroelectric hysteresis loop as a function of voltage were measured. An enhancement in the value of the dielectric constant and polarization was obtained in solvent cast films.


2020 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
pp. 49959
Author(s):  
Cherif M. Azzaz ◽  
Luiz H. C. Mattoso ◽  
Nicole R. Demarquette ◽  
Ricardo J. Zednik

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