Synergistic Effects of Maxwell Stress and Electrostriction in Electromechanical Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-Based Ferroelectric Polymers

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (22) ◽  
pp. 9000-9011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baobao Qiao ◽  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Shaobo Tan ◽  
Weiwei Zhu ◽  
Zhicheng Zhang
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (33) ◽  
pp. 11426-11440
Author(s):  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Baobao Qiao ◽  
Shaobo Tan ◽  
Weiwei Zhu ◽  
Zhicheng Zhang

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) based relaxor ferroelectric polymers show great potential for applications in transducers, sensors and artificial muscles for their excellent electrostrictive properties.


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.


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