Synthesis and Properties of Ferroelectric Fluoroterpolymers with Curie Transition at Ambient Temperature
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Abstract
This paper discusses a new family of ferroelectric polymorphic fluoroterpolymers comprosed of vinylidene difluoride (VDF), trifluoroethylene (TrFE), and a chloro-containing third monomer, such as chlorodifluoroethylene (CDFE), and chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), which feature relatively narrow molecular weight and composition distributions. The terpolymers were prepared by a bulk reaction process with a low temperature free radical initiator, i.e., the oxidation adducts of trialkylborane and oxygen. The slightly bulky chlorine atom serves as a kink in the polymer chain, which spontaneously alters the chain conformation and crystalline structure. Compared to the corresponding VDF/TrFE copolymer (>20 mol % of TrFE), the slowly increasing chlorine content (4) chain conformation (β-phase) to tttg+tttg- conformation (γ-phase) without significant reduction of overall crystallinity. The Curie (ferroelectric−paraelectric) phase transition temperature between the mixed ferroelectric β- and γ-phases and paraelectric α-phase (tg+tg- conformation) also gradually reduced to near ambient temperature with very small activation energy. Consequently, the terpolymers show high dielectric constant (>70), slim polarization hysteresis, and large electrostrictive response (>4%) at ambient temperature and exhibit common ferroelectric relaxor behaviors with a broad dielectric peak that shifted toward higher temperatures as the frequency increased.
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