Fabrication and Characterization of Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Treated PVDF Nanofiber Membrane-Based Sensors
Abstract
The effect of a self-pulsing non-equilibrium plasma discharge on piezoelectric PVDF nanofiber membrane was investigated. The plasma discharge was generated in air with a DC power source, with a discharge current of 0.012 mA, a nominal interelectrode separation of 1 mm, and discharge voltage of ~970 V. In a continuous fabrication process, the electrospinning method was used to generate thin nanofiber membrane with a flow rate of 0.7–1 mL h-1 and 25–27 kV voltage to obtain the nanofiber with high sensitivity and a higher degree of alignment and uniformity over a larger area. Plasma treatment was applied on both single layer and multi-layer (three layers) nanomembranes. In addition, simultaneously, the nanofiber membranes were heat-treated at a glass transition temperature (80–120 °C) and then underwent plasma treatment. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy showed that the area under the curve at 840 and 1272 cm-1 (β phase) increased due to the application of plasma and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) indicated an increase in the degree of crystallinity. Finally, PVDF sensors were fabricated from the nanofibers and their piezoelectric properties were characterized. The results suggested that compared to the pristine samples the piezoelectric properties in the plasma and plasma-heat-treated sensors were enhanced by 70%more »
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- Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA (United States)
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Advent Innovations Ltd. Co., Columbia, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); U of SC Fund; US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1853410
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019991; 15540-1009404; 2017-67017-26167
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Sensors
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1424-8220
- Publisher:
- MDPI AG
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; PVDF nanofiber; electrospinning; non-thermal; plasma; sensors; piezoelectricity
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Sultana, Quazi Nahida, Khan, Mujibur, Mahamud, Rajib, Saadatzi, Mohammadsadegh, Sultana, Papia, Farouk, Tanvir, Quirino, Rafael, and Banerjee, Sourav. Fabrication and Characterization of Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Treated PVDF Nanofiber Membrane-Based Sensors. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.3390/s21124179.
Sultana, Quazi Nahida, Khan, Mujibur, Mahamud, Rajib, Saadatzi, Mohammadsadegh, Sultana, Papia, Farouk, Tanvir, Quirino, Rafael, & Banerjee, Sourav. Fabrication and Characterization of Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Treated PVDF Nanofiber Membrane-Based Sensors. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124179
Sultana, Quazi Nahida, Khan, Mujibur, Mahamud, Rajib, Saadatzi, Mohammadsadegh, Sultana, Papia, Farouk, Tanvir, Quirino, Rafael, and Banerjee, Sourav. Fri .
"Fabrication and Characterization of Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Treated PVDF Nanofiber Membrane-Based Sensors". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124179. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1853410.
@article{osti_1853410,
title = {Fabrication and Characterization of Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Treated PVDF Nanofiber Membrane-Based Sensors},
author = {Sultana, Quazi Nahida and Khan, Mujibur and Mahamud, Rajib and Saadatzi, Mohammadsadegh and Sultana, Papia and Farouk, Tanvir and Quirino, Rafael and Banerjee, Sourav},
abstractNote = {The effect of a self-pulsing non-equilibrium plasma discharge on piezoelectric PVDF nanofiber membrane was investigated. The plasma discharge was generated in air with a DC power source, with a discharge current of 0.012 mA, a nominal interelectrode separation of 1 mm, and discharge voltage of ~970 V. In a continuous fabrication process, the electrospinning method was used to generate thin nanofiber membrane with a flow rate of 0.7–1 mL h-1 and 25–27 kV voltage to obtain the nanofiber with high sensitivity and a higher degree of alignment and uniformity over a larger area. Plasma treatment was applied on both single layer and multi-layer (three layers) nanomembranes. In addition, simultaneously, the nanofiber membranes were heat-treated at a glass transition temperature (80–120 °C) and then underwent plasma treatment. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy showed that the area under the curve at 840 and 1272 cm-1 (β phase) increased due to the application of plasma and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) indicated an increase in the degree of crystallinity. Finally, PVDF sensors were fabricated from the nanofibers and their piezoelectric properties were characterized. The results suggested that compared to the pristine samples the piezoelectric properties in the plasma and plasma-heat-treated sensors were enhanced by 70% and 85% respectively.},
doi = {10.3390/s21124179},
journal = {Sensors},
number = 12,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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