The mystery behind the mid-temperature transition(s) in vinylidenefluoride-based homo-, co- and terpolymers - has the puzzle been solved?

• Published in: IEEE transactions on dielectrics and electrical insulation Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 1446 - 1464
• Main Authors: Venkatesan, Thulasinath Raman, Wubbenhorst, Michael, Ploss, Bernd, Qiu, Xunlin, Nakajima, Takashi, Furukawa, Takeo, Gerhard, Reimund
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Copolymers; Crystallization; dielectric relaxation spectroscopy; Dielectrics; differential scanning calorimetry; Electrets; ferro; Ferroelectricity; Glass; Glass transition; mid-temperature transition; nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy; Permittivity; Physics; Piezoelectricity; Plastics; pyro- and piezoelectric polymers; Relaxors; Terpolymers; Time dependence; vinylidenefluoride-based polymers

Over the last half century, the existence of an additional thermal transition in between the glass transition and the Curie/melting transition has been frequently observed on vinylidenefluoride-based ferro-, pyro- and piezoelectric homo- and co-polymers. The transition has also been observed recentl...