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Title: Fabrication of vertically aligned ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride mesoscale rod arrays

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Polymer Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/app.39415· OSTI ID:1357612
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  1. Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Materials Science; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
  2. Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Materials Science; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division and Nanoscience and Technology Division
  3. Chung-Ang Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Materials Science; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Technology Division
  5. Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Materials Science
  6. Hanyang Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Here, we have fabricated vertically aligned ferroelectric PVDF mesoscale rod arrays comprising and 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 for crystallizing the phase using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at low temperature and template-guided infiltration processing for the rods using AAO. We also measured the dimensions of the PVDF rods by scanning electron microscopy and identified the polymorph phases by X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The length of the rods varied from 3.82 m to 1.09 m and the diameter from 232 nm to 287 nm when the volume ratio between DMSO and acetone changed from 5 : 5 to 10 : 0. We obtained well-defined piezoresponse hysteresis loops for all rods with remnant piezoresponse ranging from 2.12 pm/V to 5.04 pm/V and coercive voltage ranging from 2.29 V to 2.71 V using piezoresponse force microscopy. These results serve as a processing platform for flexible electronic devices that need high capacitance and piezoelectric functionalities such as flexible memory devices or body energy harvesting devices for intelligent systems. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 3842-3848, 2013

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1357612
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 130, Issue 6; ISSN 0021-8995
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 9 works
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