Permanent Polarity and Piezoelectricity of Electrospun α‐Helical Poly(α‐Amino Acid) Fibers

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101733
• Publication Date: 2011-07-28T06:11:51Z
• Authors: Dawnielle Farrar; Kailiang Ren; Derek Cheng; Sungjoo Kim; Wonkyu Moon; William L. Wilson; James E. West; S. Michael Yu
• Keywords: Optical Rotation; Temperature; ORDER; POLY(GAMMA-BENZYL-L-GLUTAMATE); 02 engineering and technology; FILMS; BENZYL-L-GLUTAMATE; ELECTRIC-FIELD; Polyglutamic Acid; X-Ray Diffraction; Polyvinyls; ORIENTATION; 0210 nano-technology; Electrodes; POLYMER-FILM; NANOFIBERS

Poly(alpha-benzyl alpha, L-glutamate) fibers Energy Harvesting with high non-linear optical activity and thermally stable piezoelectricity are fabricated by simple electrospinning methods that apply directional shear force and electric field causing parallel alignment of helical polymer chains and permanent dipoles. ; X ; 1 ; 1 ; 58 ; 49 ; scie ; scopus