Analysis of the torsion angle distribution of poly(vinylidene fluoride) in the melt
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2012
Analysis of the torsion angle distribution of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) structures at temperatures above its melting point is addressed by combining first principles methods, atomistic simulations and laboratory experiments. Amorphous, alpha- and beta-conformations of PVDF structures have been considered. The results from the atomistic simulations as well as the experiments show that there is a larger probability of the PVDF torsions to be near +/- 180 degrees at temperatures above the melting point, which is associated more with the beta-conformation than the alpha-conformation.
vinylidene
fluoride
force-field
beta-Phase PVDF
blends
copolymers
Torsion angle analysis
Poly(vinylidene fluoride)
nanocomposites
molecular-dynamics simulations
polyvinylidene fluoride
crystalline
polymorph
films
Författare
K. C. Satyanarayana
Högskolan i Borås
M. Bohlen
Högskolan i Borås
Anja Lund
Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Polymera material och kompositer
Rodney Rychwalski
Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Polymera material och kompositer
Kim Bolton
Högskolan i Borås
Polymer
0032-3861 (ISSN)
Vol. 53 5 1109-1114Ämneskategorier
Materialteknik
DOI
10.1016/j.polymer.2012.01.014