Effect of annealing on the phase transition in poly (vinylidene fluoride) films prepared using polar solvent

Satapathy, S. ; Pawar, Santosh ; Gupta, P. K. ; Varma, K. B. R. (2011) Effect of annealing on the phase transition in poly (vinylidene fluoride) films prepared using polar solvent Bulletin of Materials Science, 34 (4). pp. 727-733. ISSN 0250-4707

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12034-011-0187-0

Abstract

The γ -phase poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films are usually prepared using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent, regardless of preparation temperature. Here we report the crystallization of both α and γ -phase PVDF films by varying preparation temperature using DMSO solvent. The γ -phase PVDF films were annealed at 70, 90, 110, 130 and 160°C for five hours. The changes in the phase contents in the PVDF at different annealing conditions have been described. When thin films were annealed at 90°C for 5 h, maximum percentage of β -phase appears in PVDF thin films. The γ -phase PVDF films completely converted to α -phase when they were annealed at 160°C for 5 h. From X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Raman studies, it is confirmed that the PVDF thin films, cast from solution and annealed at 90°C for 5 h, have maximum percentage of β -phase. The β -phase PVDF shows a remnant polarization of 4.9 µC/cm2 at 1400 kV/cm at 1 Hz.

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Keywords:PVDF; Phase Transition; XRD; FTIR; Raman-spectra; DSC; Hysteresis
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