TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Dansachmüller, M. A1 - Schwödiauer, R. A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Minkkinen, Hannu A1 - Raukola, J. T1 - Controlled inflation of voids in cellular polymer ferroelectrets : optimizing electromechanical transducer properties N2 - When exposed to sufficiently high electric fields, polymer-foam electret materials with closed cells exhibit ferroelectric-like behavior and may therefore be called ferroelectrets. In cellular ferroelectrets, the influence of the cell size and shape distributions on the application-relevant properties is not yet understood. Therefore, controlled inflation experiments were carried out on cellular polypropylene films, and the resulting elastical and electromechanical parameters were determined. The elastic modulus in the thickness direction shows a minimum with a corresponding maximum in the electromechanical transducer coefficient. The resonance frequency shifts as a function of the elastic modulus and the relative density of the inflated cellular films. Therefore, the transducer properties of cellular ferroelectrets can be optimized by means of controlled inflation. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü A1 - Dinger, Claudia A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Michelotti, F. A1 - Toussaere, E. A1 - Levenson, R. A1 - Liang, J. A1 - Zyss, Joseph T1 - Pyroelectric, dielectric and electro-optical investigation of crosslinking in Red Acid Magly Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Pyroelectrical investigation of nonlinear optical polymers with uniform or patterned dipole orientation Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Wintler, H. J. T1 - Physical aging after photo-induced or thermally assisted poling for enhancing the stability of polymeric dipole glasses Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Donval, Ariela A1 - Berkovic, Garry A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Pyroelectric depth profiling of the optical nonlinearity caused by charge injection Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Brinker, Walter A1 - Dinger, Claudia A1 - Molzow, Wolf-Dietrich A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü T1 - Electro-optical investigation of the dipole orientation in poled polymers Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Preparation and pyroelectrical investigation of bimorph polymer layers Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Donval, Ariela A1 - Berkovic, Garry A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Brinker, Walter A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Spatial and thermal analysis of nonlinearity created by asymmetric charge injection Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Liang, J. A1 - Zyss, Joseph T1 - Electrical determination of the degree of cross-linking in a poled nonlinear optical polymer Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Nonlinear optical polymer electrets : current practice Y1 - 1996 ER -