Investigation of Structural and Optical Properties of PMMA/PVdF-HFP Polymer Blend System

Mettu, Maheshwar Reddy; Mallikarjun, A.; Reddy, M. Vikranth; Reddy, M. Jaipal; Kumar, J. Siva

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4321-7_26

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“…From Figure 3 a, the surface of the blended polymer films exhibits a smoother shape and an interconnected increase in the number of pores. This proves that amorphous properties predominate after semicrystalline ones are diminished, and this agrees with Mettu et al [ 39 ]. Results from FESEM and XRD analyses both support the hypothesis that the material is amorphous.…”

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Effect of CuO Nanoparticles on the Optical, Structural, and Electrical Properties in the PMMA/PVDF Nanocomposite

et al. 2023

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A polymeric nanocomposite film, composed of PMMA/PVDF and different amounts of CuO NPs, was successfully prepared using the casting method to enhance its electrical conductivity. Various techniques were employed to investigate their physicochemical properties. The addition of CuO NPs causes a noticeable difference in the intensities and locations of vibrational peaks in all bands, confirming the incorporation of CuO NPs inside the PVDF/PMMA. In addition, the broadening of the peak at 2θ = 20.6° becomes more intense with increasing amounts of CuO NPs, confirming the increase in the amorphous characteristic of PMMA/PVDF incorporated with CuO NPs in comparison with PMMA/PVDF. Furthermore, the image of the polymeric structure exhibits a smoother shape and interconnection of pore structure associated with spherical particles that agglomerate and give rise to a web-like organization that becomes a matrix. Increasing surface roughness is responsible for an increasing surface area. Moreover, the addition of CuO NPs in the PMMA/PVDF leads to a decrease in the energy band gap, and further increasing the additional amounts of CuO NPs causes the generation of localized states between the valence and conduction bands. Furthermore, the dielectric investigation shows an increase in the dielectric constant, dielectric loss, and electric conductivity, which may be an indication of an increase in the degree of disorder that confines the movement of charge carriers and demonstrates the creation of an interconnected percolating chain, enhancing its conductivity values compared with that without the incorporation of a matrix.

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