@article{FruebingWegenerGerhardetal.1999, author = {Fr{\"u}bing, Peter and Wegener, Michael and Gerhard, Reimund and Buchsteiner, Alexandra and Neumann, Werner and Brehmer, Ludwig and Dietel, Reinhard}, title = {Pyroelectric properties and dielectric hysteresis of a poly(vinylalcohol) with azobenzene alkoxy side chains}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{FruebingWegenerGerhardetal.1999, author = {Fr{\"u}bing, Peter and Wegener, Michael and Gerhard, Reimund and Buchsteiner, Alexandra and Neumann, Werner and Brehmer, Ludwig}, title = {Different molecular mechanisms for the dielectric hysteresis and pyroelectricity in a poly(vinyl alcohol) with azobenzene-alkoxy side chains}, issn = {0277-786X}, year = {1999}, abstract = {By means of pyroelectrical measurements and dielectric spectroscopy as well as structural information from differential scanning calorimetry, it is shown that, in a poly(vinyl alcohol) with azobenzene-alkoxy side chains, pyroelctricity and dielectric hysteresis which are usually related to each other have different origins. The pyroelectric effect is explained with reversible dipole-density changes upon thermal expansion, whereas the dielectric hysteresis is proposed to result from a charge-carrier polarisation.}, language = {en} }