Fabrication of vertically aligned ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride mesoscale rod arrays

• Published in: Journal of applied polymer science Vol. 130; no. 6; pp. 3842 - 3848
• Main Authors: Kim, Dongjin, Hong, Seungbum, Hong, Jongin, Choi, Yoon-Young, Kim, Jiyoon, Park, Moonkyu, Sung, Tae-hyun, No, Kwangsoo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 15.12.2013; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aluminum oxide; anodized alumina oxide (AAO); Anodizing; Applied sciences; Arrays; Exact sciences and technology; Ferroelectric materials; Ferroelectricity; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; MATERIALS SCIENCE; mesoscale rods arrays; Miscellaneous; Phases; piezoelectrics; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Polymers; polyvinylidene (PVDF); Polyvinylidene fluorides; Rods; Technology of polymers; Rod; Piezoelectric properties; polyvinylidene (PVDF); anodized alumina oxide (AAO); Crystallinity; Experimental study; Porous material; Oxide ceramics; Array; Piezoelectric materials; Morphology; Vinylidene fluoride polymer; mesoscale rods arrays; piezoelectrics; Solution crystallization; Infiltration; Alumina; Formation mechanism

ABSTRACT We have fabricated vertically aligned ferroelectric PVDF mesoscale rod arrays comprising β and γ phases using a 200 nm diameter anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) as the porous template. We could synthesize the ferroelectric phase in mesoscale rod forms by combining the well‐established recipe f...