Relaxor Properties and Tunability of Electron-Irradiated Thin Poly(vinlidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer Film

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The effect of high energy electron irradiation on poly(vinlidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer film with thickness about 180 nm has been studied. Both dielectric spectroscopy investigation and X-Ray Diffraction show that all-trans conformation of pre-irradiated films is transformed to trans-gauche conformation after irradiation. The relaxor behavior of irradiated sample obeys the modified Curie-Weiss and Vogel-Fulcher law. And the tunability is increased from 42% to 63% after irradiation.

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