Preparation and characterization of porous poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer membranes via electrospinning and further hot pressing

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-441

  He, Fuan ^a   Sarkar, Manas ^a   Lau, Sienting ^a   Fan, Jintu ^a   Chan, Laiwa Helen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crystallization behavior; Dielectric property; Dynamic mechanical property; Electrospinning; Piezoelectricity; Poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) nanofibe

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPUNS; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; FOURIER; HIGH FLEXIBILITY; HIGH VOLTAGE; HOMOPOLYMERS; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCES; PIEZOELECTRIC STRAIN COEFFICIENTS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) [P(VDF-TRFE)]; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) NANOFIBE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POROUS MEMBRANES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY HARVESTING; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; HOT PRESSING; MEMBRANES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79953267216     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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