Random copolymers of 65% vinylidene fluoride and 35% trifluoroethylene were reacted with an organic peroxide, in combination with a free-radical trap, to yield networks of high crosslink density. Crystallization subsequent to the crosslinking yielded ferroelectric materials exhibiting large electrostrictive strains. The magnitude of the electromechanical response increased with an increasing de...

poly(vinylidene fluoride) (pvdf) nanofibers were prepared via electrospinning process. several different factors influence on this process and application of experimental design for its optimization is of great importance. the central composite design (ccd) was used for planning and optimizing of the experiments and also, the analysis of variance (anova) was employed for the statistical validat...

Thin films of amphiphilic vinylidene fluoride oligomers prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett deposition on silicone substrates were investigated by comparing experimental and theoretical mid-infrared (IR) spectra. The experimental spectra were obtained using infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry. Theoretical spectra were calculated using density functional theory. Excellent correspondence of major IR ba...

175.210 Acrylate ester copolymer coating. 175.230 Hot-melt strippable food coatings. 175.250 Paraffin (synthetic). 175.260 Partial phosphoric acid esters of polyester resins. 175.270 Poly(vinyl fluoride) resins. 175.300 Resinous and polymeric coatings. 175.320 Resinous and polymeric coatings for polyolefin films. 175.350 Vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymer. 175.360 Vinylidene chloride copolym...

The fabrication of nanoporous poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and PVDF/nickel nanocomposites from semicrystalline block copolymer precursors is reported. Polystyrene-block-poly(vinylidene fluoride)-block-polystyrene (PS-b-PVDF-b-PS) is prepared through functional benzoyl peroxide initiated polymerization of VDF, followed by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene. The crystalliz...

Considerable interest has been devoted to converting mechanical energy into electricity using polymer nanofibres. In particular, piezoelectric nanofibres produced by electrospinning have shown remarkable mechanical energy-to-electricity conversion ability. However, there is little data for the acoustic-to-electric conversion of electrospun nanofibres. Here we show that electrospun piezoelectric...

poly(vinylidene fluoride) (pvdf) fibers with two molecular weights were prepared via electrospinning process. in this process, the concentration of spinning depended drastically on the gelation process. also, it was experimentally smaller than obtained concentration in the solution entanglement number approach (sena). proof of this incompatibility was explained by the properties of pvdf and its...