Polyvinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene as a reservoir for absorbed water

Authors

P.A. Jacobson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luis G. Rosa, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kristin Kraemer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Stephen Ducharme, University of NebraskaFollow
Peter A. Dowben, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

7-17-2006

Comments

Published in Materials Letters 61 (2007), pp. 1137 –1141. Copyright © 2006 Elsevier B.V. Used by permission. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0167577X

Abstract

The absorption of water in Langmuir–Blodgett films of ferroelectric copolymers of polyvinylidene fluoride with trifluoroethylene is shown to depend upon the film thickness. This water absorption can have a profound effect on the dielectric properties of the copolymer films.