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Effects of an ionic liquid and processing conditions on the β-polymorph crystal formation in poly(vinylidene fluoride)

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Pickford, Tom, Gu, Xu, Heeley, Ellen L. and Wan, Chaoying (2019) Effects of an ionic liquid and processing conditions on the β-polymorph crystal formation in poly(vinylidene fluoride). CrystEngComm . doi:10.1039/C9CE01051C (In Press)

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Abstract

The piezoelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) are determined by the prevalence and orientation of its polar β-crystal phase, which can be tuned by processing conditions, additives, mechanical stretching or post-treatment. Here, the effects of three types of processing conditions on the crystalline structure evolution of PVDF was investigated; electrospinning, solution-casting and melt-compression. An ionic liquid (1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AMIM)) used as an additive in aiding the electrospinning process, also affected the crystalline structure of the electrospun PVDF nanofibers. The total crystallinity, crystalline phase content and dielectric properties of the PVDF samples prepared by the different conditions were evaluated. The FTIR and DSC analyses show that the melt-compressed PVDF contains a high proportion of the paraelectric α-phase with a low total crystallinity, whereas the solution-cast PVDF contains a high proportion of polar γ-phase and a higher total crystallinity. In the case of the electrospun PVDF nanofibres, the addition of AMIM improved the morphology, uniformity and promoted the formation of the polar β and γ crystalline phases. X-Ray scattering analysis refined the crystal phase contents derived from FTIR, and also determined the ordered lamellar macromorphology formed by the three processing techniques. Furthermore, AMIM enhanced the a.c. conductivity and relative permittivity of the electrospun PVDF nanofibres by an order of magnitude, showing the effectiveness of using the ionic liquid AMIM, to improve the morphology and properties of electrospun PVDF nanofibers.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Vinylpyridine , Polymerization, Thermoplastics , Ionic solutions, Crystallization
Journal or Publication Title: CrystEngComm
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN: 1466-8033
Official Date: 8 August 2019
Dates:
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8 August 2019Available
8 August 2019Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 12 August 2019
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE01051C
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: In Press
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDWarwick Manufacturing Grouphttp://viaf.org/viaf/123628346

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