Mesophase Structure-Enabled Electrostrictive Property in Nylon-12-Based Poly(ether-block-amide) Copolymers

Wongwirat, Thumawadee; Wang, Minghuan; Huang, Yanfei; Treufeld, Imre; Li, Ruipeng; Laoratanakul, Pitak; Manuspiya, Hathaikarn; Zhu, Lei

doi:10.1002/mame.201900330

Mesophase Structure-Enabled Electrostrictive Property in Nylon-12-Based Poly(ether-block-amide) Copolymers

Journal Article · Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201900330· OSTI ID:1569557

Wongwirat, Thumawadee ^[1]; Wang, Minghuan ^[2]; Huang, Yanfei ^[2]; Treufeld, Imre ^[2]; Li, Ruipeng ^[3]; Laoratanakul, Pitak ^[4]; Manuspiya, Hathaikarn ^[1]; ^[2]

Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand)
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
National Metal and Materials Technology Center, Pathumthani (Thailand)

In this work, to search for alternative electrostrictive polymers and to understand the underlying mechanism, the structure-ferroelectric/electrostrictive property relationship for nylon-12-based poly(ether-b-amide) multiblock copolymers (PEBAX) is investigated. Two PEBAX samples are studied, namely, P6333 and P7033 with 37 and 25 mol.% of soft poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) blocks, respectively. In both samples, poorly hydrogen-bonded mesophase facilitates electric field-induced ferroelectric switching. Meanwhile, the longitudinal electrostrictive strain (S₁)–electric field (E) loops are obtained at 2 Hz. Different from conventional poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)]-based terpolymers, uniaxially stretched nylon-12-based PEBAX samples exhibit negative S₁, that is, shrinking rather than elongation in the longitudinal direction. Additionally, this is attributed to the unique conformation transformation of nylon-12 crystals during ferroelectric switching. Namely, at a zero electric field, crystalline nylon-12 chains adopt a more or less antiparallel arrangement of amide groups. Upon high-field poling, ferroelectric domains are enforced with more twisted chains adopting a parallel arrangement of amide groups. Meanwhile, extensional S₁ is observed for P6333 at electric fields above 150 MV m^-1. This is attributed to the elongation of the amorphous phases (i.e., amorphous nylon-12 and PTMO). Therefore, competition between shrinking S₁ from mesomorphic nylon-12 crystals (i.e., nanoactuation) and elongational S₁ from amorphous phases determines the ultimate electrostriction behavior in stretched PEBAX films.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1569557

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1543041

Report Number(s):: BNL--212138-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Journal Name: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 304; ISSN 1438-7492

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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