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Materials Research Society, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, (1312), 2011

DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.914

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Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (72/28) interconnected porous membranes obtained by crystallization from solution

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Abstract

Electroactive macroporous poly[(vinylidene fluoride)-co-trifluoroethylene] mambranes membranes have been processed by solvent evaporation at room temperature with different polymer/solvent concentrations. The pore architecture consists of on an interconnected spherical pores and this morphology is independent of the membrane thickness. The porosity of the produced membranes increases from 57% for the higher polymer concentration in the polymer/solvent solution (15/85), up to 83% for the lowest polymer amount in the polymer/solvent solution. Far infrared and differential scanning calorimetry measurements reveal that the polymer crystallizes in the ferroelectric phase and the polymer/solvent ratio does n’t not changes the Curie transition and the melting temperature of the polymer. ; The authors thank the Portuguese FCT (Grants PTDC/CTM/73030/2006, PTDC/CTM/69316/2006 and NANO/NMed-SD/0156/2007 and SFRH/BPD/63148/2009 (V.S.)) and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Innovation (Project No. MAT2007-66759-C03-01).