scholarly journals Ferroelectric Properties and Polarization Switching Kinetic of Poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer

10.5772/17147 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duo Mao ◽  
Bruce E. ◽  
Manuel A.
Keyword(s):  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Polarization Switching ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride

scholarly journals Giant spontaneous polarization for enhanced ferroelectric properties of biaxially oriented poly(vinylidene fluoride) by mobile oriented amorphous fractions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanchun Rui ◽  
Yanfei Huang ◽  
Xinyue Chen ◽  
Ruipeng Li ◽  
Dingrui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Polarization ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Amorphous Fraction ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride

Oriented amorphous fraction in biaxially oriented poly(vinylidene fluoride) gives it significantly enhanced dielectric and ferroelectric properties.

Effect of Interface and Crystallinity on the Ferroelectric Properties of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene) Copolymer Thin Films

2001 ◽  
Vol 665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xia ◽  
H.S. Xu ◽  
Babak Razavi ◽  
Q. M. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Large Change ◽  
Thickness Dependence ◽  
Dielectric Measurement ◽  
Switching Speed ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Polarization Level

ABSTRACTFerroelectric polymer thin films are attractive for a wide range of applications such as MEMS, IR sensors, and memory devices. We present the results of a recent investigation on the thickness dependence of the ferroelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoridetrifluoroethylene) copolymer spin cast films on electroded Si substrate. We show that as the film thickness is reduced, there exist two thickness regions. For films at thickness above 100 nm, the thickness dependence of the ferroelectric properties can be attributed to the interface effect. However, for thinner films, there is a large change in the ferroelectric properties such as the polarization level, the coercive field, and polarization switching speed, which is related to the large drop of the crystallinity in the ultrathin film region (below 100 nm). The results from Xray, dielectric measurement, and AFM all indicate that there is a threshold thickness at about 100 nm below which the crystallinity in the film reduces abruptly.

Fabrication and Characterization of Ferroelectric Polymer/TiO2/Al-doped ZnO Structures

2008 ◽  
Vol 1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Aizawa
Keyword(s):  
Leakage Current ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Ferroelectric Properties ◽  
Hysteresis Loops ◽  
Tio2 Films ◽  
Gate Leakage Current ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Doped Zno ◽  
Fabrication And Characterization

AbstractCharacterization of 700-nm-thick poly(vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF/TrFE)]/TiO2/Al-doped ZnO (AZO) structures on a glass substrate were investigated. In this study, the sputtered TiO2 films as insulator were used for the reduction of leakage current. The leakage current density of the fabricated Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/AZO and Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/170-nm-thick TiO2/AZO structures were approximately 8.7 and 3.9 nA/cm2 at the applied voltage of 10 V, respectively. In the polarization vs. voltage characteristics, the fabricated Pt/P(VDF/TrFE)/TiO2/AZO structures showed hysteresis loops caused by ferroelectric polarization. The remnant polarization (2Pr) and coercive voltage (2Vc) measured from a saturated hysteresis loop at the frequency of 50 Hz were approximately 12 μC/cm2 and 105 V, respectively. These results suggest that the insertion of TiO2 film is available for reducing the gate leakage current without changing the ferroelectric properties.

Influence of Metal Electrodes on the Ferroelectric Responses of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer Thin Films

2002 ◽  
Vol 734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xia ◽  
Q. M. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Bias Field ◽  
Polarization Switching ◽  
Interface Effect ◽  
Metal Electrodes ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Work Functions ◽  
Metal Work ◽  
Bulk Effect

ABSTRACTFerroelectric polymer thin films have been investigated for applications such as sensors, MEMS, and memory devices, just name a few. In these thin film devices, it is anticipated that the interface effect will play an important role in determining the device performance. In this paper, we present the results of a recent study on the influence of metal electrodes on ferroelectric switching behavior of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) polymer thin films. The results show that the influence of metal electrodes on the polarization response can be divided into two effects, the bulk effect and interface effect. The bulk effect manifests itself as the built-in bias field when metal electrodes with different work functions were used on the two surfaces of the P(VDF-TrFE) film. The interface effect is more complicated but is directly related to the metal work function. For a metal I/insulator (ferroelectric film)/metal II (MIM) sandwich structure in which the metal I and metal II possess different work functions, the low frequency polarization hysteresis loop shows asymmetric response (different switching fields). The polarization switching time also depends on whether the applied voltage is in parallel or anti-parallel to the built-in bias field. In the fast polarization switching process, it was observed that the interface effect plays a dominating role and the switching time is mainly limited by the charge injection from metal electrodes to the polymer film. For metal electrodes with higher work function, higher injection currents and hence faster polarization switching were observed. The results from I-V studies also show that the charge injection process is a Schottky type and the barrier height estimated from the temperature dependence of the I-V curves is consistent with the metal work functions used.

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