Surface-induced organization of linear molecules on nanostructured polytetrafluoroethylene: Crystalline state of poly[vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene]

Abstract

Highly crystalline and uniaxial-oriented polytetrafluoroethylene films, nanostructured in one dimension, were used to produce a fully crystalline, thermoreversible morphology in the ferroelectric copolymer poly[vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene]. The resulting state is built up of regularly stacked lamellar crystals of about 100 nm thickness and lateral dimensions of about 6 \ensuremath{\mu}m.