TY - GEN
T1 - Enhanced electromechanical properties in poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based nanocomposites
AU - Deshmukh, Sujay
AU - Ounaies, Zoubeida
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1115/SMASIS2009-1337
DO - 10.1115/SMASIS2009-1337
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953790880
SN - 9780791848975
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems 2009, SMASIS2009
SP - 71
EP - 75
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems 2009, SMASIS2009
T2 - 2009 ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2009
Y2 - 21 September 2009 through 23 September 2009
ER -