Tailoring porous structure of ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) by controlling solvent/polymer ratio and solvent evaporation rate

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2442-2450

  California, António ^a   Cardoso, Vanessa F ^a   Costa, Carlos M ^a   Sencadas, Vitor ^a   Botelho, Gabriela ^a   Gómez Ribelles, José L ^b,c,d   Lanceros Mendez, Senentxu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electroactive membranes; Phase diagram; Porous membranes; PVDF; Solvent evaporation

Indexed keywords

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DILUTED SOLUTIONS; FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; FLORY-HUGGINS; GRAIN BOUNDARY EFFECTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LATTICE THEORIES; MACROPOROUS; MASS CONSERVATION; MECHANISM AND KINETICS; PATTERN FORMATION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURES; PORE ARCHITECTURE; POROUS MEMBRANES; POROUS STRUCTURES; PVDF; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SPHERICAL PORES;

DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; EVAPORATION; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 81155150361     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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