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Structure and ferroelectric properties of P(VDF-TrFE) films prepared under different conditions — Effect of filtration of the copolymer solution

    https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010135X23410060Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)
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    Vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer films of molar ratio 70/30 with thickness of about 1 μm have been deposited from solution in ethyl methyl ketone to a glass substrate with an aluminum electrode by spin coating. The solution has been filtrated through a PTFE membrane filter with pore size 0.2 μm directly before spin coating or it has been used as is (unfiltrated). After deposition of a top electrode, the samples have been polarized by hysteresis loops with an electric field amplitude of about 100 V/μm. In samples, annealed at temperature 145C for 3 h, a high remanent polarization of about 7.5 μC/cm2 has been achieved, without significant differences between samples fabricated of filtrated or unfiltrated solution. Spherulitic lamella are growing in films fabricated of filtrated solution when they are heated above the melting temperature to 159C for 3 min before the further annealing process at 145C. These films show substantially lower remanent polarization below 4 μC/cm2. Pyroelectric images recorded with a pyroelectric laser scanning microscope show that the spherulites have very small pyroelectric activity, i.e., the spherulites consist of flat-on lamella. In contrast, no spherulitic lamella are growing in films fabricated of unfiltrated solution heated above the melting temperature, melted and annealed under the same conditions. An explanation for this observation is that filtrating changes the structure of the copolymer in solution from polymer coil to rod. Copolymer rods deposited on a substrate will crystallize in flat-on lamella when heated above the melting temperature, in contrast to copolymer coils which crystallize in edge-on lamella.