Electroactive dielectric polymer gels as new-generation soft actuators: A review

Z Liu, YD Liu, Q Shi, Y Liang - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Electroactive dielectric polymer gel (DPG) as a class of electronic type electroactive
polymers has important applications in soft robot, wearable electronics, and biomedical …

A new aromatic amino acid based organogel for oil spill recovery

S Basak, J Nanda, A Banerjee - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
An aromatic amino acid (phenylglycine) based amphiphile with amide and ester groups and
a long fatty acyl chain has been found to form organogels selectively in the fuel hydrocarbon …

Coaxial electrospinning fabrication of core-shell energetic fibers and in-situ integration with SCB exhibiting superior non-contact ignition

Z Zhang, J Cheng, Y Wang, F Li, Y Shen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning has exhibited great potential in the fabrication of fibrous energetic materials
for the past few years. Herein, the core–shell energetic fibers (defined as CSEF) were …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride) Aerogels with α, β, and γ Crystalline Forms: Correlating Physicochemical Properties with Polymorphic Structures

S Suresh, T Nabiyeva, L Biniek, EB Gowd - ACS Polymers Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Strategic customization of crystalline forms of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) aerogels is of
great importance for a variety of applications, from energy harvesters to thermal and acoustic …

A self-powered piezoelectric Poly (vinyl alcohol)/Polyvinylidene fluoride fiber membrane with alternating multilayer porous structure for energy harvesting and …

Y Yu, X Zhao, H Ge, L Ye - Composites Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of flexible wearable electronic devices requires high-performance
piezoelectric sensors, being advantageous in high sensitivity, ease to microintegration …

Piezoelectric membranes for separation processes: Fabrication and piezoelectric properties

MT Darestani, HGL Coster, TC Chilcott… - Journal of membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric membranes were produced by “poling” prefabricated polyvinylidene fluoride
(PVDF) membranes in an electric field. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies …

Preparation and characterization of side-chain liquid crystal polymer/paraffin composites as form-stable phase change materials

D Wu, B Ni, Y Liu, S Chen, H Zhang - Journal of materials chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of side-chain liquid crystal polymers (SCLCPs), named poly [ω-(4′-n-
alkyloxybiphenyl-4-oxy) hexyl methacrylates](P6biCm, m= 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and …

Preparation and properties of a novel form-stable phase change material based on a gelator

D Wu, W Wen, S Chen, H Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of gelators (Gm, m is the length of the alkyl tails, m= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18)
containing 4, 4′-diaminodiphenylmethane moieties were synthesized. The chemical …

Morphologies and crystalline forms of polyvinylidene fluoride membranes prepared in different diluents by thermally induced phase separation

J Yang, XL Wang, Y Tian, Y Lin… - Journal of Polymer …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied the morphologies and crystalline forms of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
membranes separately prepared in four different diluents bearing> C O groups, namely 1 …

Organogels from different self-assembling new dendritic peptides: morphology, reheology, and structural investigations

G Palui, A Garai, J Nanda, AK Nandi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Three new peptide based dendrimers with different generations were synthesized, purified,
and characterized. Each of these dendrimers form efficient organogels under suitable …