Patterned piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectricity of poled polymer electrets

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3457141· OSTI ID:22598916

Qiu, Xunlin ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Applied Condensed-Matter Physics, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm (Germany)

Polymers with strong piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectricity are attractive for a wide range of applications. In particular, semicrystalline ferroelectric polymers are suitable for a large variety of piezo- and pyroelectric transducers or sensors, while amorphous polymers containing chromophore molecules are particularly interesting for photonic devices. Recently, a new class of polymer materials has been added to this family: internally charged cellular space-charge polymer electrets (so-called “ferroelectrets”), whose piezoelectricity can be orders of magnitude higher than that of conventional ferroelectric polymers. Suitable patterning of these materials leads to improved or unusual macroscopic piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectric or nonlinear optical properties that may be particularly useful for advanced transducer or waveguide applications. In the present paper, the piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectricity of poled polymers is briefly introduced, an overview on the preparation of polymer electrets with patterned piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectricity is provided and a survey of selected applications is presented.

• OSTI ID: 22598916
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 108; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ELECTRETS
EQUIPMENT
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
MOLECULES
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PIEZOELECTRICITY
POLYMERS
SENSORS
SPACE CHARGE
TRANSDUCERS
WAVEGUIDES