Enhancement of 𝜷-phase in PVDF films embedded with ferromagnetic Gd5Si4 nanoparticles for piezoelectric energy harvesting

Self-polarized Gd5Si4-polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposite films have been synthesized via a facile phase-inversion technique. For the 5 wt% Gd5Si4-PVDF films, the enhancement of the piezoelectric β-phase and crystallinity are confirmed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy (p...

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Main Authors: Shane Harstad, Noel D’Souza, Navneet Soin, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Shalabh Gupta, Vitalij K. Pecharsky, Tahir Shah, Elias Siores, Ravi L. Hadimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4973596