학술논문
Size-dependences of the dielectric and ferroelectric properties of BaTiO3 /polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposites.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*DIELECTRICS
*FERROELECTRICITY
*FLUORIDES
*BARIUM
*TITANIUM
*NANOCOMPOSITE materials
*NANOPARTICLES
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ISSN
0021-8979
Abstract
Composites containing pure, uniform, and well-dispersed ferroelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanocrystallites with various particle sizes as active phase and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer as matrix are fabricated using a two-step mixing and hot-pressing technique. The dependences of the dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the as-prepared composites on the nanoparticle sizes are investigated systematically. The polarization-electric field hysteresis loops are displayed, indicating the ferroelectricity for the BaTiO3/PVDF nanocomposites. The remanent polarization is found to increase as the size of BaTiO3 particles increases from 25 to 500 nm. The dielectric constant of the composites exhibits a complex variation as a function of the BaTiO3 nanoparticle sizes: it reaches a maximum value in the composites with BaTiO3 nanoparticle sizes of 80–100 nm and decreases again when the particle size is further reduced under 50 nm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]