Abstract
AbstractThe electroactive properties of two random copolymers of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) were studied. The compositions were 95/5 and 85/15 mol % P(VDF/HFP). For each composition, three different film‐preparation methods were used—solvent casting, melt‐pressed quenched, and melt‐pressed slow‐cooled. The ferroelectric properties observed were strongly dependent on the preparation methods of the films as well as the HFP molar content of the samples. The highest remanent polarizations (Pr) obtained from electric displacement versus electric field (D‐E) hysteresis data are 80 and 50 mC/m2 for the 5 and 15% HFP solvent‐cast samples, respectively. The slow‐cooled samples do not exhibit any ferroelectric behavior for either the 5 or 15% HFP copolymers. It was also observed that both the 5 and 15% HFP slow‐cooled samples have a smaller electrostrictive response relative to the other two types of samples. Wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction and DSC results suggest that the 5% HFP sample has a higher crystallinity relative to the 15% HFP sample for each preparation method. In addition, different crystal phases form in the samples resulting from the different preparation methods. Fourier transform infrared results suggest that the slow‐cooled samples are in the nonpolar α phase, whereas the quenched and solvent‐cast samples are more likely in the polar β phase. The slow‐cooled samples do not show a switching peak in their nonpolar α‐phase crystalline state. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 39: 2793–2799, 2001
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