Structure and Morphology of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)
Nanoscrolls
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Abstract
To date the scrolled morphology of
γ-phase poly(vinylidene
fluoride) (PVDF) has been witnessed via high temperature melt crystallization
of crystalline thin films and through imaging of chemical etched PVDF
bulk films. Here we show the first growth and characterization of
free-standing γ-phase PVDF scrolls via solution crystallization.
Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and
atomic force microscopy have been used to characterize and to further
understand the fundamental preferred crystalline habit of the γ-phase
of PVDF
