Hybrid Nanofillers Creating Stable PVDF Nanocomposite Films

LiteScope used to perform correlative in-situ measurements of surface topography and roughness of the PVDF samples in this new article published by Karla Čech Barabaszová in the Polymers journal.

In the article, the effect of nanofillers in five types of polyvinylidene difluoride PVDF nanocomposite films on the structural, phase, and friction and mechanical properties was examined and compared with that of the natural PVDF film. The surface topography of PVDF nanocomposite films was investigated using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and CPEM correlative imaging by LiteScope. 

A selection of 2D CPEM images was used for a detailed study of the spherulitic morphologies (grains size around 6–10 μm) and surface roughness (value of 50–68 nm). Then were measured also the chemical interactions, evaluated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Do you want to see all the study results? Clik the button below:

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