A comprehensive review on fundamental properties and applications of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)

P Saxena, P Shukla - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2021 - Springer
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is known as a favorite polymer from the family of
fluoropolymers due to its excellent piezoelectric properties, thermal stability, and mechanical …

Laser‐induced graphene: from discovery to translation

R Ye, DK James, JM Tour - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) is a 3D porous material prepared by direct laser writing with
a CO2 laser on carbon materials in ambient atmosphere. This technique combines 3D …

Properties and applications of the β phase poly (vinylidene fluoride)

L Ruan, X Yao, Y Chang, L Zhou, G Qin, X Zhang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, as one of important polymeric materials with extensively
scientific interests and technological applications, shows five crystalline polymorphs with α …

The promising future of fluoropolymers

B Améduri - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article aims at showing the usefulness of fluoropolymers (FPs), supplying an overview
of their synthesis, applications, and recycling. FPs are currently prepared by conventional …

PolyCOFs: a new class of freestanding responsive covalent organic framework membranes with high mechanical performance

Z Wang, Q Yu, Y Huang, H An, Y Zhao… - ACS Central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Traditional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are prepared via polymerization based on
small molecular monomers. However, the employment of polymers as building blocks to …

Digital printing of shape-morphing natural materials

Z Zhao, J Kumar, Y Hwang, J Deng… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
We demonstrate how programmable shape evolution and deformation can be induced in
plant-based natural materials through standard digital printing technologies. With …

A Self‐Folding Polymer Film Based on Swelling Metal–Organic Frameworks

J Troyano, A Carné‐Sánchez… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we exploit the well‐known swelling behaviour of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
to create a self‐folding polymer film. Namely, we show that incorporating crystals of the …

Bioinspired multi-responsive soft actuators controlled by laser tailored graphene structures

H Deng, C Zhang, JW Su, Y **e, C Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
By exploiting aligned cellulose fibrils as geometrically constraining structures, plants can
achieve a complex programmable shape change in response to environmental stimuli …