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Structure, Properties, and Applications of Single Crystalline Films of Vinylidene Fluoride and Trifluoroethylene Copolymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

H. Ohigashi
H. Ohigashi*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yamagata University Yonezawa, Yamagata 992–8510, Japan
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Abstract

The single crystalline (SC) film of copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene is a highly crystallized; highly double-oriented, and optically transparent ferroelectric film, which can be prepared by annealing a uniaxially drawn film in the paraelectric phase with its ends being clamped and its surfaces free. The SC film is composed of endlessly extended chain crystals whose c-axis aligns along the stretching direction almost perfectly and the polar b-axis is oriented ±π/6 off the film normal. It does not contain lamellar crystals nor amorphous phase. Owing to such unique structure, the SC film exhibits the ferroelectricity and related properties inherent to the crystal more clearly than the films composed of lamellar crystals. In this paper, we present the results of our recent studies on the SC films: (1) the structure and morphology studied by POM and X-ray diffiractions; (2) the ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and mechanical properties in the ferroelectric phase; (3) molecular chain motions in the paraelectric phase as revealed by dielectric, X-ray diffraction and shear mechanical studies; and (4) applications to shear ultrasonic transducers. The followings are the main results to be emphasized: (A) the Young's modulus in the direction along the stretching axis is much larger (120 GPa at 10K) than that of LC films (15 GPa); (B) the SC film is the most effective piezoelectric polymer film among piezoelectric polymers; (C) the SC film in the paraelectric phase is a liquid crystal of ID-liquid and 2D-solid, and each chain molecule of TGTG' conformation undergoes rotational and flip-flop motions independently of neighboring chains in a highly regular hexagonal crystal lattice, which leads to anomalous dielectric behaviors in the paraelectric phase; (D) SC film transducers for shear ultrasonic waves are effectively usable for NDE.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 600: Symposium FF – Electroactive Polymers , 1999 , 23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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