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Piezoelectric Polymers

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The study of the piezoelectric polymers has advanced in the last few decades, and their practical application to sensor and actuator devices has progressed. The piezoelectric polymers in practical use are divided into the following classes with different piezoelectric characteristics: chiral polymers (optically active polymers), ferroelectric polymers, and cellular electrets. The piezoelectricity of a chiral polymer is in response to shear strain, that of a ferroelectric polymer is in response to tensile strain, and that of cellular electrets is in response to strain perpendicular to film surface. In this chapter, the fundamental properties and applications of these different types of polymers are systematically discussed.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Yoshiro Tajitsu

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Osaka, Japan

    Kinji Asaka

  2. University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan

    Hidenori Okuzaki

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Tajitsu, Y. (2014). Piezoelectric Polymers. In: Asaka, K., Okuzaki, H. (eds) Soft Actuators. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54767-9_15

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