Enhancement of β phase crystals formation with the use of nanofillers in PVDF films and fibres
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011

Nanoclay and carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been in focus recently as means of enhancing β phase crystals formation in poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF). Dominantly, the so-far work has been carried out on films/thin sheets filled with nanoclay. It has been found, mainly from combined XRD and DSC data, that nanoclay influences the PVDF structure, and particularly the β phase crystals formation is enhanced. Results published by various groups are in fairly good agreement. There are no results for nanoclay filled melt-spun PVDF fibres.The influence of CNT on PVDF structure has been less studied. XRD data indicating an enhancing role of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) on β phase crystals formation in solution compounded PVDF films are available. Published results for MWNT/PVDF films are not in good agreement. The only study into single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)/PVDF has been made on electrospun nanofibres.We explore above findings towards melt-spun nanofilled PVDF fibres. We present new results obtained by us for melt-spun PVDF fibres containing non-functionalized and amino-functionalized double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWNT). The key finding is that amino-DWNT can influence the β to α polymorphic balance.

Författare

Anja Lund

Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Polymera material och kompositer

Cornelia Gustafsson

Högskolan i Borås

Hans Bertilsson

Högskolan i Borås

Rodney Rychwalski

Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Polymera material och kompositer

Composites Science and Technology

0266-3538 (ISSN)

Vol. 71 2 222-229

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Materialvetenskap

Ämneskategorier

Materialteknik

DOI

10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.11.014

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