Influence of chlorotrifluoroethylene on crystal structure and polymer dynamics of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) antibacterial copolymers
{"title":"Influence of chlorotrifluoroethylene on crystal structure and polymer dynamics of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) antibacterial copolymers","authors":"Wisatre Kongcharoensuntorn, Pornpen Atorngitjawat","doi":"10.3934/matersci.2023009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The effect of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) on dynamic relaxations of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) films (P(VDF-CTFE)) containing 0, 10, 15 and 20% of CTFE was investigated via broadband dielectric spectroscopy (DRS) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The interpretation was accompanied by the crystal structure obtained from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry. Increment of CTFE contents caused reducing the degree of crystallinity but did not impact the long period, lamellar thickness, and amorphous layer thickness. Four dynamic processes were clearly observed in DRS spectra for the neat poly(vinylidene fluoride) and P(VDF-CTFE) which were attributed to the local motion of amorphous chains (β), the segmental relaxation of amorphous chains (α1), the local conformational rearrangement of the TGTGʹ conformation (α2) and the process associated with Maxwell–Wagner–Sillars interfacial polarization (αMWS). The extra relaxation was observed for P(VDF-CTFE), which was more likely associated to the molecular motion of CTFE chain segments (αc), correspondent with DMA results. These PVDF and P(VDF-CTFE) conducted as self-antibacterial materials.","PeriodicalId":7670,"journal":{"name":"AIMS Materials Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AIMS Materials Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2023009","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
The effect of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) on dynamic relaxations of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene) films (P(VDF-CTFE)) containing 0, 10, 15 and 20% of CTFE was investigated via broadband dielectric spectroscopy (DRS) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). The interpretation was accompanied by the crystal structure obtained from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry. Increment of CTFE contents caused reducing the degree of crystallinity but did not impact the long period, lamellar thickness, and amorphous layer thickness. Four dynamic processes were clearly observed in DRS spectra for the neat poly(vinylidene fluoride) and P(VDF-CTFE) which were attributed to the local motion of amorphous chains (β), the segmental relaxation of amorphous chains (α1), the local conformational rearrangement of the TGTGʹ conformation (α2) and the process associated with Maxwell–Wagner–Sillars interfacial polarization (αMWS). The extra relaxation was observed for P(VDF-CTFE), which was more likely associated to the molecular motion of CTFE chain segments (αc), correspondent with DMA results. These PVDF and P(VDF-CTFE) conducted as self-antibacterial materials.
期刊介绍:
AIMS Materials Science welcomes, but not limited to, the papers from the following topics: · Biological materials · Ceramics · Composite materials · Magnetic materials · Medical implant materials · New properties of materials · Nanoscience and nanotechnology · Polymers · Thin films.