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Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nano-composites are known for the harmonious effect of flexibility, biocompatibility, formability, toughness, higher fatigue life, and piezoelectric properties. Nevertheless, little has been reported on the comparison of mechanical blending (MB) and chemical-assisted mechanical blending (CAMB) of PVDF-BaTiO3-graphene (Gr) nano-composites. This paper reports the comparison of mechanical, thermal, morphological, and 4D properties of PVDF-BaTiO3-Gr nano-composites prepared by MB and CAMB for piezoelectric-based pressure sensors and nanogenerators. In the first stage, feedstock filaments of PVDF-BaTiO3-Gr nano-composites got prepared by MB and CAMB. After this, the effect of blending process parameters on mechanical, thermal, and morphological properties got established on 3D-printed tensile, flexural, and dynamic mechanical analysis samples at optimized settings of fused deposition modeling setup (in the second stage). The results have been supported by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. The DSC analysis suggested that the PVDF-BaTiO3-Gr nano-composite prepared by MB is thermally more stable than CAMB, as the MB composites absorbed more heat (31.09 J/g) in comparison with the CAMB composite (26.59 J/g). On the other hand, the piezoelectric coefficient (D33) of the dielectric constant of CAMB-based samples was 30.2pC/N, 55, respectively, better than MB (20.1pC/N, 18). Also, results indicated that 3D-printed functional prototypes prepared by CAMB have better mechanical and morphological properties.
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Sharma, R., Singh, R., Batish, A. et al. On Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological, and 4D Capabilities of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Nanocomposites: Effect of Mechanical and Chemical-Assisted Mechanical Blending. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 1938–1953 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07199-0
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