Journal article
Cellulose-based magnetoelectric composites
Y Zong, T Zheng, P Martins, S Lanceros-Mendez, Z Yue, MJ Higgins
Nature Communications | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017
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Abstract
Since the first magnetoelectric polymer composites were fabricated more than a decade ago, there has been a reluctance to use piezoelectric polymers other than poly(vinylidene fluoride) and its copolymers due to their well-defined piezoelectric mechanism and high piezoelectric coefficients that lead to superior magnetoelectric coefficients of >1 V cm-1 Oe-1. This is the current situation despite the potential for other piezoelectric polymers, such as natural biopolymers, to bring unique, added-value properties and functions to magnetoelectric composite devices. Here we demonstrate a cellulose-based magnetoelectric laminate composite that produces considerable magnetoelectric coefficients of ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the ARC Australian Research Fellowship (M.J.H.) and ARC DP110104359 and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES, Project Number CE 140100012), University of Wollongong (UOW). We acknowledge assistance from Yi Du and Long Ren (UOW) for SEM. The authors acknowledge the FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia-for financial support under project PTDC/EEI-SII/5582/2014 and FCT Grant SFRH/BPD/ 96227/2013 (P.M.). S.L.-M. thanks financial support from the Basque Government Industry Department under the ELKARTEK Program and the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the project MAT2016-76039-C4-3-R (AEI/FEDER, UE).