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Symposium: S01 - Mixing and Compounding
Poster Presentation
 
 

Inducing of dominant polar forms in Poly(vinylidene fluoride) with super toughness by adding Alkyl ammonium salt

wang chuan jian (1), zhang qin (1)*, fu qiang (2)

(1) College of Polymer Science and Engineering,Sichuan University - sichuan - China, (2) College of Polymer Science and Engineering,Sichuan University - sichuan - China

Polar β and γ crystalline forms, especially the β form, are of great importance to the piezoelectric/ferroelectric property of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). Dominant polar crystal forms (containing both β and γ forms) are induced in PVDF by simply adding a small amount of dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC, a kind of alkyl ammonium salt used to treat clay). By comparing with the PVDF/clay and PVDF/DDAC modified-clay systems, it is demonstrated that it is DDAC that induces polar β and γ forms of PVDF rather than organoclay itself. The widely accepted mechanism that crystal lattice matching between PVDF and clay induces β form in PVDF/organoclay composite might be wrong. It is also interesting to find that super tensile toughness can be achieved by adding a small amount of DDAC. These new findings are very important for the understanding of the formation mechanism of polar forms of PVDF and its application.