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Giant Electrostrictive Response in Poly(vinylidene-fluoride hexafluoropropylene) copolymer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Xiaoyan Lu ,
Adriana Schirokauer  and
Jerry Scheinbeim
Xiaoyan Lu
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855
Adriana Schirokauer
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855
Jerry Scheinbeim
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855
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Abstract

In the present study, the strain response of a new class of copolymers of PVF2 is investigated. Electrostrictive strains were measured in poly(vinylidene-fluoride hexafluoropropylene), P(VF2-HFP), using a capacitance method (air-gap capacitor), as a function of electric field. Three different thermal treatments (ice water quenched, air quenched and slow cooled) were given to samples of composition 5% and 15% HFP. Strains greater than 4 % were observed in the 5% HFP ice water quenched P(VF2-HFP) copolymer. Values of elastic modulus were lower for the quenched 5 % films than for the slow cooled ones, and in both cases they were higher than previously studied polyurethane elastomers and poly(vinylidene-fluoride trifluoroethylene) copolymers. Key words: Electrostrictive Polymer, Poly(vinylidene-fluoride hexafluoropropylene) copolymer, Ferroelectic, X-ray, DSC.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 600: Symposium FF – Electroactive Polymers , 1999 , 61
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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