Fabrication and electrical properties of PC-PNZT-PVDF-GO composites.

The objectives of this research are to fabricate and investigate new smart composites for the sensing and actuation applications in civil engineering. The fabrication and properties of cement-based piezoelectric ceramic composites are emphasized. However, cement-based piezoelectric composites are still difficult to obtain great electrical properties due to the evidence of some pores in the composites. Therefore, a novel approach to effectively improve their polarization of piezoelectric ceramic is to add a semiconductor (graphene oxide) and an insulator (polyvinylidene fluoride) phases between piezoelectric particles by the introduction of a small volume fraction of a third phase. Microstructure of the new composites was investigated using Scanning electron microscope (SEM). Dielectric permittivity and ferroelectric properties were then investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]