ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride), pressure dependence of
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poly(vinylidene fluoride), pressure dependence of relaxation and dielectric properties of
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Physics
Notes:
The effects of hydrostatic pressure to 20 kbar on the β molecular relaxation process of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and on the dielectric properties in the neighborhood of this relaxation have been investigated. This relaxation has a strong influence on the electrical and mechanical properties of PVDF. Pressure causes a large shift to higher temperatures (∼ 10K/kbar) of the dielectric relaxation peak and a decrease in the width of the distribution of relaxation times. This slowing down of the relaxation process is discussed in terms of the Vogel-Fulcher equation and related models, and it results from an increase in both the energy barrier to dipolar motion and the reference temperature (T0) for the kinetic relaxation process which represents the “static” dipolar freezing temperature for the process. The general applicability of the Vogel-Fulcher equation to relaxional processes in polymers and other systems is briefly discussed. The pressure dependence of the dielectric constant both above and below the relaxation peak temperature (Tmax) is found to be dominated by the change in polarizability. The effect is larger above Tmax because of the relatively large decrease in the dipolar orientational polarizability with pressure.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.1992.090300703
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