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dc.contributor.authorKhalifa, M.
dc.contributor.authorMahendran, A.
dc.contributor.authorAnandhan, S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T08:41:56Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-31T08:41:56Z-
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationRSC Advances, 2016, Vol.6, 115, pp.114052-114060en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/12661-
dc.description.abstractPoly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) nanofibers have tremendous potential in nano-sensing and energy scavenging applications. In this study, uniaxially aligned nanofibers were developed from halloysite nanotubes (HNT)/PVDF nanocomposite using electrospinning technique. Incorporation of HNT into PVDF not only reduced the diameter of the electrospun nanofibers, but, also improved their morphology. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, wide angle X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry techniques were used to characterize the crystallinity, polymorphism and polymer-filler interaction in the nanocomposite nanofibers. A force sensor was indigenously designed to study the piezoelectric responses of the nanocomposite nanofibers. At 10 wt% of HNT loading, the sensor produced the highest voltage output, which can be ascribed to its highest ?-phase content. Incorporation of HNT and use of electrospinning synergistically enhanced the ?-phase content and hence the piezoelectric behavior of PVDF. Hence, these nanofibers could be promising and prominent materials in sensor and actuator applications. The Royal Society of Chemistry.en_US
dc.titleProbing the synergism of halloysite nanotubes and electrospinning on crystallinity, polymorphism and piezoelectric performance of poly(vinylidene fluoride)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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