In order to broaden the application fields of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), a promising approach is introducing nanofillers into the polymer. In this paper from Wei-Hong Zhong and co-workers a facile method for surface modification of nanofillers has been developed in order to improve interfacial interaction and dispersion within PVDF matrix.
Rather than using the more conventional toxic fluorine gas method of treating nanofillers, the team from Beihang University and Washington State University developed a new method of depositing a fluorination coating from decomposition of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) on a carbon nanofiber (CNF) surface. This study confirms that the new surface coating method provides a simpler way for practical modification of nanofillers, i.e. through decompositions of polymers.
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Fluorination deposition on carbon nanofibers by PTFE decomposition as a facile method to enhance dispersion and interaction in PVDF composites
Li-Li Sun, Zuo-Guang Zhang and Wei-Hong Zhong
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03260C, Paper
