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Thermal degradation of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47 )O3/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites as a function of ceramic grain size and concentration

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Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3,([PVDF]1−x/[PZT]x) composites of volume fractions x and (0–3) type connectivity were prepared in the form of thin films. PZT powders with average grain sizes of 0.2, 0.84, and 2.35 μm in different volume fraction of PZT up to 40 % were mixed with the polymeric matrix. The influence of the inorganic particle size and its content on the thermal degradation properties of the composites was then investigated by means of thermo-gravimetric analysis. It is observed that filler size affects more than filler concentration the degradation temperature and activation energy of the polymer. In the same way and due to their larger specific area, smaller particles leave larger solid residuals after the polymer degradation. The polymer degradation mechanism is not significantly modified by the presence of the inorganic fillers. On the other hand, an inhibition effect occurs due to the presence of the fillers, affecting particularly the activation energy of the process.

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Acknowledgments

This work is funded by FEDER funds through the “Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade–COMPETE” and by national funds by FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, project references PTDC/CTM/69316/2006, PTDC/CTM-NAN/112574/2009, and NANO/NMed-SD/0156/2007. S. Firmino Mendes, C.M. Costa and V. Sencadas and thank to FCT grants SFRH/BD/22506/2005, SFRH/BD/68499/2010 and SFRH/BPD/63148/2009, respectively. The authors also thank support from the COST Action MP1003, the “European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles” (ESNAM).

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  1. Center/Department of Physics, Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Sérgio Firmino Mendes, Carlos Miguel Costa, Vitor Sencadas, Mário Pereira & Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez

  2. Department of Ceramic and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Aiying Wu & Paula Maria Vilarinho

  3. Department of Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, C.P. 676, São Carlos, SP, CEP 13565-905, Brazil

    Rinaldo Gregorio Jr.

  4. INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal

    Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez

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Mendes, S.F., Costa, C.M., Sencadas, V. et al. Thermal degradation of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47 )O3/poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites as a function of ceramic grain size and concentration. J Therm Anal Calorim 114, 757–763 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-012-2918-x

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