The influence of the chemical structure of selected polymers on the properties of ferroelectric ceramic-polymer composites

Abstract The paper presents research on ferroelectric ceramic-polymer composites based on barium-strontium titanate and water-thinnable polymeric dispersions, obtained by using tape casting method. Barium strontium titanate with the assumed stoichiometry Ba0,65Sr0,35TiO3 was synthesized by the high temperature solid-state reaction. Water-thinnable polymeric dispersions were synthesized from butyl acrylate, styrene and tert-butyl acrylate containing different amounts of individual monomers. Then, the ceramic-polymer composites were obtained by tape casting. The influence of the chemical structure of synthesized binders on the rheological properties of the slurries and on physicochemical and electrical properties (characterized by using Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy, BDS) of ceramic-polymer composites were investigated.