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Ferroelectric ceramic dispersion to enhance the β phase of polymer for improving dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the composites

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Ferroelectric ceramic–polymer composites consisting of Poly Vinyledine Fluoride–Hexa Fluoro Propylene (PVDF-HFP) as polymer host and 0.5Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3−0.5(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 (BZT-BCT) ceramics as filler were prepared using solution casting technique. These composites are characterized for structural, microstructural, vibrational, optical, dielectric and ferroelectric properties at various experimental conditions. The electroactive β phase fraction (observed from XRD and FTIR analysis) increases as the filler concentration increases up to 20 wt% of BZT-BCT and above that its value decreases. FTIR results were analyzed to understand the mechanism of enhancement of β phase by the interaction between negatively surface charged ions of filler with the CH2 dipole of polymer matrix. UV–visible spectroscopy also employed to confirm polymer–ceramic filler interaction. Variation of the dielectric constant with different filler concentrations is explained using the percolation theory. Finally, the interplay between the functional properties and the β phase is discussed in detail.

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Smaranika Dash acknowledges Ministry of Human Resource Development, India for the research fellowship. One of our Co- author, H.S.M. acknowledges Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India for the SRF fellowship.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, 769008, India

    Smaranika Dash, Hari Sankar Mohanty & Dillip K. Pradhan

  2. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Ravikant & Ashok Kumar

  3. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India

    Ravikant & Ashok Kumar

  4. Department of Physics, Government College Sailana, Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, 456010, India

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  5. Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T. Road, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India

    Reji Thomas

  6. School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Delhi G.T. Road, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India

    Reji Thomas

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Dash, S., Mohanty, H.S., Ravikant et al. Ferroelectric ceramic dispersion to enhance the β phase of polymer for improving dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the composites. Polym. Bull. 78, 5317–5336 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-020-03372-4

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