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Morphological and dielectric properties of barium chloride‐filled poly(vinylidene fluoride) films
Author(s) -
Ozkazanc Ersel,
Guney H. Yuksel,
Guner Selahaddin,
Abaci Ufuk
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.20970
Subject(s) - crystallinity , materials science , dielectric , differential scanning calorimetry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , fluoride , glass transition , lamellar structure , relaxation (psychology) , analytical chemistry (journal) , composite material , barium chloride , dielectric loss , barium , crystal (programming language) , polymer , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , inorganic chemistry , psychology , physics , computer science , metallurgy , programming language , social psychology , optoelectronics , engineering
Morphological characteristics of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films, filled with mass fractions ( w ≤ 20%) of Barium Chloride (BaCl 2 ), were investigated by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption spectra and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements. The dielectric properties of films were measured from 250 Hz to 1 MHz range between 100 and 400 K as a function of frequency and temperature. Spectroscopic data revealed that the filled and unfilled films include α‐, β‐, and γ‐crystalline phases. By a 20% filling, 73% increase was obtained in the total degree of crystallinity. Since the BaCl 2 formed fluorine bridges over the chain segments on the crystal lamellar surface, the γ‐crystalline phase decreased, whereas the total degree of crystallinity increased. Dielectric measurements showed that maximum of the dielectric loss factor belonging to β‐relaxation transition decreased linearly with filling level. The filling process did not have any effect on the real dielectric constant till α‐relaxation transition region. However, in the α‐relaxation transition region, it was determined that the real dielectric constant increased linearly with filling level. POLYM. COMPOS., 31:1782–1789, 2010. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers.