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Typical Properties and Specific Applications of Piezoelectric Polymer

Anjana Jain*, Prashanth K. J., Jayanth Kumar S., Asheesh Kumar Sharma
Materials Science Division, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore–560017, India
Abstract: Piezoelectric materials have been an area of focus for developing sensors and actuators for almost a century. Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) is a ferroelectric fluoro-polymer with excellent piezoelectric as well as pyroelectric properties. It has been in use for various applications demanding flexibility and good chemical resistance. These properties make it extremely well suited for the aerospace and automotive industry, in areas of Non-destructive testing, vibration control, sensing material in strain rosettes, to name a few. Apart from these PVDF is widely accepted in medical applications and in distance ranging applications. But, there are certain areas where PVDF has unique advantage over other materials. This paper is an attempt to compile such unique properties of PVDF, from literature, at one place while discussing the typical applications of PVDF.
 
Key words: PVDF, Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, applications.

Cite: Anjana Jain, Prashanth K. J., Jayanth Kumar S., Asheesh Kumar Sharma, "Typical Properties and Specific Applications of Piezoelectric Polymer," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 327-345, December 2015. doi: 10.17706/ijmse.2015.3.4.327-345

General Information

ISSN: 2315-4527 (Print)
Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Sci. Eng.
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Muhammad Yahaya
DOI: 10.17706/ijmse
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E-mail: ijmse@iap.org