PVDF – TechConnect Briefs

Super-porous PVDF nanofibre membranes for efficient desalination of brackish water in membrane distillation applications

Mhlanga S.D., Nthunya L.N., Khumalo N.P., Verliefde A.R., University of South Africa, ZA

Water scarcity is becoming a serious problem in Southern Africa. Recent draughts have called for exploitation of alternative sources of drinking water such as brackish and seawater. Membrane distillation is an efficient desalination process that [...]

H2 purification with PVDF/GTA blended membranes

Rabiee H., Soltanieh M., Mousavi S.A., Ghadimi A., Sharif University of Technology, IR

In this study, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and Glycerol Triacetate (GTA) have been selected as the main blending materials in order to fabricate membranes with a high separation ability for CO2/H2. GTA as a plasticizer possesses [...]

PVDF based polymer nanocomposite coatings for large area applications

Tiwari M.K., Bayer I.S., Megaridis C.M., University of Illinois at Chicago, US

A class of polymer nanocomposites consisting of all biocompatible components has been developed for large area coating applications. The coatings are made possible by solution blending of poly (vinylidine fluoride) (PVDF) with polymerized ethyl cyanoacrylate. [...]

Study of the ferroelectric properties for PVDF using DFT Theory

Ortíz E., Cuán A., Badillo C., Wang Q., Noreña L., Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, MX

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) exhibits piezoelectricity effect. In this work, it is presented a theoretical study of some properties of this material which were calculated by Density Functional Theory (DFT). Among those properties are: polarizability, dipolar [...]