10/29/2010
Dielectric behavior characterization of a fibrous-ZnO/PVDF nanocomposite
(pages 1003–1010)Polymer Composites 31 #6 (2010)
Dagdeviren and Papila of Sabanci University, Turkey formed this composite by first producing ZnO nanofibers is by sintering electrospun PVA/Zinc Acetate fibers and, then, sandwiching ZnO fibrous nonwoven mat between two PVDF thermoplastic polymer films by hot-press casting.  The fillers were well dispersed in the polymer matrix.  The dielectric constant is enhanced up to a factor of 10 at low frequencies compared to the dielectric constant of constituent materials (both bulk ZnO and PVDF), and up to a factor of two compared to a bulk-ZnO/PVDF composite.  (RDC 12/16/2010)