Piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride: Influence of the lattice structure
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 54 (2) , 1021-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.332119
Abstract
Piezoelectric and pyroelectric responses of β‐phase (Phase I) polyvinylidene fluoride are predicted for a model system of polarizable point dipoles. The model incorporates the influence of the orthorhombic crystal structure by including the dependence of the internal electric field on the lattice parameters. Strong anisotropy in the piezoelectric response under uniaxial stress is predicted as a consequence of the orthorhombic lattice structure. Predictions are found to be in reasonable agreement with room‐temperature experimental data.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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