Manipulating Semicrystalline Polymers in Confinement
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Because final properties of nanoscale polymeric structures are largely determined by the solid-state microstructure of the confined polymer, it is imperative not only to understand how the microstructure of polymers develops under nanoscale confinement but also to establish means to manipulate it. Here we present a series of processing strategies, adapted from methods used in bulk polymer processing, that allow us to control the solidification of polymer nanostructures. First, we show that supramolecular nucleating agents can be readily used to modify the crystallization kinetics of confined poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). In addition, we demonstrate that microstructural features that are not traditionally affected by nucleating agents, such as the orientation of crystals, can be tuned with the crystallization temperature applied. Interestingly, we also show that high crystallization temperatures and long annealing periods induce the formation of the γ modification of PVDF, hence enabling the simple production of ferro/piezoelectric nanostructures. We anticipate that the approaches presented here can open up a plethora of new possibilities for the processing of polymer-based nanostructures with tailored properties and functionalities.
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An abnormal observation was reported in PVDF where the n values were essentially the same for bulk PVDF and infiltrated sample in 400 nm AAO.
“An abnormal observation was reported in PVDF where the n values were essentially the same for bulk PVDF and infiltrated sample in 400 nm AAO [286] .”
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- Authors
- Shingne, N., Geuss, M., Thurn-Albrecht, T., Schmidt, H.-W., Mijangos, C., Steinhart, M., & Martín, J.
- Affiliations
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Osnabrück University (DE)
- Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Heinrich-Damerow-Str. 4, D-6120 Halle, Germany
- Bavarian Polymer Institute (DE)
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ES)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Steinhart, Martin
- Martín, Jaime
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-08-04
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 32
- Pages
- 7723-7728
- ISSN
- 1520-5207 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6106
- OpenAlex
- W2738283794
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2021: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci?n (FPU AP2005-1063)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 840/B4)
- H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (654682)
- H2020 European Research Council (646742)
- Research Network Saxony-Anhalt
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Dielectric materials and actuators
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Keywords
- semicrystalline polymers, nanoconfinement, nanostructured polymers, polyvinylidene fluoride, nucleating agents, crystallization kinetics, crystal orientation, crystallization temperature, annealing, ferroelectric nanostructures, piezoelectric nanostructures
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