Title : 
Scanning force microscopy investigations on electroactive polymer films
         
        
            Author : 
Sturm, H. ; Geub, M. ; Schulz, E.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fed. Inst. for Mater. Res. & Testing, Berlin, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The authors present investigations on a PVDF (polyvinylidenefluoride) film supplied with top and bottom Au electrodes, which is analysed using a SFM and a contactless optical sensor to measure the sample strain with respect to applied fields
         
        
            Keywords : 
atomic force microscopy; electrets; piezoelectric thin films; polymer films; strain measurement; Au; Au electrodes; PVDF; SFM; applied fields; contactless optical sensor; electrets; electroactive polymer films; polyvinylidenefluoride; scanning force microscopy; strain measurement; Calibration; Capacitive sensors; Electrodes; Gold; Optical fiber sensors; Piezoelectric films; Polymer films; Scanning electron microscopy; Strain measurement; Surface topography;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electrets, 1999. ISE 10. Proceedings. 10th International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Athens
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5025-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISE.1999.832086