Fabrication of Piezoelectric Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Polymer-Based Tactile Sensor Using Electrospinning Method

Abstract:

The polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber has widely investigated as a sensor and transducer material, because of its high piezo and Ferro electric properties. The novel nano structure of PVDF has attracted considerable interest in the bio sensing and biomedical application. This paper deals with PVDF Tactile sensor. Basically The PVDF acts as piezoelectric effect which convert load into electrical signals. The tactile sensor has a main role for visual handicap and robotics. Any physical activities of robotic in all industrial the tactile sensor is a crucible role, whether it can left the object or handling glass parts pressure of object is main. The Sandwich type PVDF base tactile sensor has been fabricated using nanofiber. Using electro spinning method, the PVDF based nanofiber coated over coper the electrodes. In normal, the PVDF has α-phase and while applying electric pulse the PVDF polymer would be changed from α-phase into β-phase. Only in β-phase, the PVDF act as piezo electrics sensor and measure the piezoelectricity simultaneously measure pressure and temperature in real time. The pressure was monitored from the change in the electrical resistance via the piezo resistance of the material. The enhancement of PVDF properties has been carried by using SEM. The SEM image result showed that the size of nanofiber, the size of nanofiber is varied in the range of (180 nm-400 nm) with smooth surface. The X-Ray diffraction has shown that the PVDF was aggregated with the β-phase crystalline nature. Due to β-phase it was act as a piezo electric prosperity’s and its results are very high sensitivity.

• Periodical: Nano Hybrids and Composites (Volume 12)
• Pages: 42-50
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/NHC.12.42
• Online since: November 2016
• Authors: N. Manikandan*, S. Muruganand, K. Sriram, P. Balakrishnan, A. Suresh Kumar
• Keywords: Electro Spinning, Nano Fiber, PVDF, SEM, Tactile Sensor, XRD

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