Abstract
Ferroelectric polymers are a family of crystalline polymers with reversible remanent polarization originating from their unique chemical structures and molecular packing. As an important ferroelectric polymer, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and its copolymers have been exploited for various applications, including nonvolatile memories, energy harvesters, and piezoelectric/pyroelectric sensors. To achieve better performance in PVDF-based devices, crystallization manipulation and controllable nanostructure formation are unavoidable and are of crucial importance. For this review, recent exploitation of the control of PVDF ferroelectric polymer crystallization at the nanoscale was specifically examined and summarized to provide insight into the future development of ferroelectric polymer nanomaterials.
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The work was partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (16K17953), Early Career Scientists (19K15625), and Scientific Research (B) (16H04197) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The work was also supported by the Cooperative Research Program “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices”: Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials (MEXT), the Morinomiyako Project for Empowering Women in Research, the Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion (TUMUG), and the TAGEN project, Tohoku University. The author would like to express her sincerest gratitude to Prof. Masaya Mitsuishi (Tohoku University), Prof. Miyashita Tokuji (Emeritus Prof., Tohoku Univ.), Prof. Jun Matsui (Yamagata University), and all members of the Functional Macromolecular Chemistry group, Tohoku University for their continued support.
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Zhu, H. Interfacial preparation of ferroelectric polymer nanostructures for electronic applications. Polym J 53, 877–886 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-021-00491-1
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