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Dynamics of Pyroelectricity of a Copolymer of Vinylidene Fluoride with Trifluoroethylene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Y. Takahashi ,
J. Taniwaki  and
T. Furukawa
Y. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, 1–3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162–8601 Japan, [email protected]
J. Taniwaki
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, 1–3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162–8601 Japan, [email protected]
T. Furukawa
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, 1–3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162–8601 Japan, [email protected]
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Abstract

The pyroelectric response of a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride with trifluoroethylene was measured as a function of time by applying a laser pulse to give an abrupt increase in temperature. The response curve shows several processes: the thickness extensional mode TEM, the length extensional mode LEM and the heat transfer to the environment. By fitting a theoretical curve for the TEM mode, the pyroelectric primary and secondary effects are separated. The primary effect is found to be small at room temperature. Additional gradual response shows that there exists a surface layer which has smaller polarization than in the bulk.

The temperature dependence of the pyroelectric response curve shows that the primary effect increases with temperature. It dominates the response at just below the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition temperature.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 600: Symposium FF – Electroactive Polymers , 1999 , 83
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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