Template-based fluoroethylenepropylene piezoelectrets with tubular channels for transducer applications


Autoria(s): ALTAFIM, Ruy Alberto Pisani; QIU, Xunlin; WIRGES, Werner; GERHARD, Reimund; ALTAFIM, Ruy Alberto Correa; BASSO, Heitor Cury; JENNINGER, Werner; WAGNER, Joachim
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

17/04/2012

17/04/2012

2009

Resumo

We describe the concept, the fabrication, and the most relevant properties of a piezoelectric-polymer system: Two fluoroethylenepropylene (FEP) films with good electret properties are laminated around a specifically designed and prepared polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) template at 300 degrees C. After removing the PTFE template, a two-layer FEP film with open tubular channels is obtained. For electric charging, the two-layer FEP system is subjected to a high electric field. The resulting dielectric barrier discharges inside the tubular channels yield a ferroelectret with high piezoelectricity. d(33) coefficients of up to 160 pC/N have already been achieved on the ferroelectret films. After charging at suitable elevated temperatures, the piezoelectricity is stable at temperatures of at least 130 degrees C. Advantages of the transducer films include ease of fabrication at laboratory or industrial scales, a wide range of possible geometrical and processing parameters, straightforward control of the uniformity of the polymer system, flexibility, and versatility of the soft ferroelectrets, and a large potential for device applications e.g., in the areas of biomedicine, communications, production engineering, sensor systems, environmental monitoring, etc.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil

(DAAD) Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Germany

University of Potsdam, Germany

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)[QI 65/1-1]

Identificador

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, v.106, n.1, 2009

0021-8979

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/14668

10.1063/1.3159039

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3159039

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eng

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AMER INST PHYSICS

Relação

Journal of Applied Physics

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openAccess

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Palavras-Chave #discharges (electric) #electrets #materials preparation #piezoelectric thin films #polymer films #sensors #transducers #FERROELECTRET FILMS #CELLULAR POLYMERS #ELECTRET FILMS #FOAMS #Physics, Applied
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article

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