Piezoelectric Property of Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers as Linking Tips of Artificial-Hair-Cell Structures in Cochlea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Solution Preparation
2.3. Electrospinning Methodology Application
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Optimal Parameters for Electrospun PVDF Fibers
3.2. Structural and Phase Features of the PVDF Nanofibers
3.3. Piezoelectric Response of Electrospun PVDF Fibers
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | C 1s (At%) | O 1s (At%) | F 1s (At%) | F/C | O/C |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pure PVDF powder | 54.64 | 1.77 | 43.59 | 0.80 | 0.032 |
Sample A | 59.58 | 1.78 | 38.65 | 0.65 | 0.030 |
Sample B | 55.33 | 0.85 | 43.82 | 0.79 | 0.015 |
Sample C | 57.30 | 1.04 | 41.66 | 0.73 | 0.018 |
Samples | CF2 (At%) | CH2 (At%) | -COO (At%) | CH (At%) | CF3 (At%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pure PVDF powder | 20.22 | 26.35 | 2.89 | 3.04 | 0.48 |
Sample A | 19.04 | 23.51 | 3.08 | 11.99 | 0.36 |
Sample B | 20.62 | 22.19 | 2.68 | 6.12 | 0.30 |
Sample C | 20.74 | 23.59 | 2.82 | 6.67 | 0.74 |
Samples | Tc [°C] | Tm [°C] | ∆Hm [J.g−1] | XDSC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pure PVDF powder | 121.1 | 160.1 | 45.2 | 44.2 |
Sample A | 128.8 | 159.4 | 46.7 | 45.1 |
Sample B | 129.2 | 159.8 | 43.3 | 39.7 |
Sample C | 129.3 | 160.1 | 41.1 | 39.1 |
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Sabouni Tabari, R.; Chen, Y.; Thummavichai, K.; Zhang, Y.; Saadi, Z.; Neves, A.I.S.; Xia, Y.; Zhu, Y. Piezoelectric Property of Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers as Linking Tips of Artificial-Hair-Cell Structures in Cochlea. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12091466
Sabouni Tabari R, Chen Y, Thummavichai K, Zhang Y, Saadi Z, Neves AIS, Xia Y, Zhu Y. Piezoelectric Property of Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers as Linking Tips of Artificial-Hair-Cell Structures in Cochlea. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(9):1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12091466
Chicago/Turabian StyleSabouni Tabari, Rana, Yu Chen, Kunyapat Thummavichai, Yan Zhang, Zakaria Saadi, Ana I. S. Neves, Yongde Xia, and Yanqiu Zhu. 2022. "Piezoelectric Property of Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers as Linking Tips of Artificial-Hair-Cell Structures in Cochlea" Nanomaterials 12, no. 9: 1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12091466