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Improved Tensile Strength and Ferroelectric Phase Content of Self-Assembled Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fiber Yarns
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • Avinash Baji
  • Yiu-Wing Mai
  • Xusheng Du
  • Shing Chung Josh Wong, University of Akron Main Campus
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-25-2011
Abstract

An electrospinning method to obtain well-aligned self-assembled PVDF fibers in the form of yarn structures is presented. Post-treatments such as stretching at 100 °C and annealing improve the tensile modulus and strength of the fibers by 17 and 41%, respectively. The results reveal that post-treatment on fiber yarns induce crystallinity and β-crystalline phase formation, which in turn impart a noticeable effect on the strength and stiffness of the fibers. An ≈10% improvement in the ferroelectric β-crystalline phase fraction is estimated for the post-treated yarns. Such yarn structures with improved strength and ferroelectric β-phase content can be useful for nanoscale and microscale electronic devices.

Citation Information
Avinash Baji, Yiu-Wing Mai, Xusheng Du and Shing Chung Josh Wong. "Improved Tensile Strength and Ferroelectric Phase Content of Self-Assembled Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fiber Yarns" Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Vol. 297 Iss. 3 (2011) p. 209 - 213
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shing-chung_wong/47/