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Sensors and Materials, Volume 37, Number 12(3) (2025)
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S&M4271 Research paper
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM6047
Published: December 26, 2025

Optimized Near-field Electrospinning of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibers for Enhanced Piezoelectric Sensor Performance [PDF]

Ming-Chan Lee and Liang-Kai Chen

(Received November 18, 2025; Accepted December 4, 2025)

Keywords: electrospinning, PVDF, fiber alignment, piezoelectric sensor

Conventional far-field electrospinning typically produces randomly oriented fibers, limiting the performance of piezoelectric sensors. We demonstrate a near-field electrospinning (NFES) approach to fabricate highly aligned piezoelectric fiber sensors with controlled morphology. Pure polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and PVDF-graphene composite solutions were systematically evaluated under various applied voltages, needle-to-collector distances, and flow rates. Taylor cone stability was correlated with fiber uniformity and diameter distribution. Optimal conditions (11 wt% PVDF, applied voltage: 2 kV, needle-to-collector distance: 1 mm, flow rate: 1 mL/h) yielded highly aligned fibers with an average diameter of 26.7 μm and excellent consistency. The fabricated sensor, integrated with a 7 kHz high-pass filter, exhibited 472 mV output voltage under 5 N tapping stimulation at 2 Hz, showing significant potential for wearable tactile sensing applications. The PVDF-graphene composite demonstrated 23% higher sensitivity than pure PVDF, attributed to enhanced interfacial polarization.

Corresponding author: Ming-Chan Lee


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Ming-Chan Lee and Liang-Kai Chen, Optimized Near-field Electrospinning of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibers for Enhanced Piezoelectric Sensor Performance, Sens. Mater., Vol. 37, No. 12, 2025, p. 5669-5683.



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