Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 32, Pages 16491-16498Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm32579a
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB623303]
- NSF of China [51102142, 50921061, 50903079]
- Authors of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of China [201144]
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Flexible polymer composite films are prepared by a solution cast method with polar polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or non-polar epoxy as the polymer matrix. BaTiO3 nanoparticles and BaTiO3 nanofibers with large aspect ratio are used as dielectric fillers after surface modification by polydopamine. The effects of filler shape, surface modification and polarity of polymer matrix on the microstructure, dielectric constants and breakdown strength of polymer composites are investigated in detail. Surface modification by polydopamine improves the compatibility between BaTiO3 and polymer as well as passivating the surfaces of BaTiO3. At the same volume fraction, composites filled with BaTiO3 nanofibers exhibit greater dielectric constants than the composites filled with BaTiO3 nanoparticles. The polydopamine layers on BaTiO3 nanofibers give rise to stronger interfaces between the fillers and polymer matrices. Improved breakdown strengths are achieved in both composites. This work may provide a general strategy for flexible polymer nanocomposites with greatly enhanced dielectric constants and breakdown strength.
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