TY - JOUR A1 - Kellermann, Rudolf A1 - Michalowsky, Ulrike A1 - Gersch, Jana A1 - Böckmann, Christine A1 - Dethloff, Klaus A1 - Gerhard-Multhaupt, Reimund A1 - Klein, Armin A1 - Resch-Esser, Ursula T1 - Portal = Ideeller Lohn: Ehrenamtliches Engagement an der Uni BT - Die Potsdamer Universitätszeitung N2 - Aus dem Inhalt: - Ideeller Lohn: Ehrenamtliches Engagement an der Uni - Millionenpreis für Quantenphysiker - Erfolgreiche erste Kinderuni - Virtuelles Institut für Klimaforschung T3 - Portal: Das Potsdamer Universitätsmagazin - 09-10/2004 Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-439810 SN - 1618-6893 IS - 09-10/2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, Feipeng A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Wegener, Michael T1 - Enhanced Polarization in Melt-quenched and Stretched Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-Hexafluoropropylene) Films N2 - beta-phase poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (P(VDF-HFP)) copolymer films were prepared by uniaxially stretching solution-cast or melt-quenched samples. Different preparation routes lead to different amounts of the crystalline alpha and beta phases in the films, as detected by means of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. The beta phase is significantly enhanced in melt-quenched and stretched films in comparison to solution-cast and stretched films. This is particularly true for copolymer samples with higher HFP content. The beta- phase enhancement is also observed in ferroelectric-hysteresis experiments where a rather high polarization of 58 mC/ m(2) was found on melt-quenched and stretched samples after poling at electric fields of 140 MV/m. After poling at 160 MV/m, one of these samples exhibited a piezoelectric d(33) coefficient as high as 21 pC/N. An electric-field-induced partial transition from the alpha to the beta phase was also observed on the melt-quenched and stretched samples. This effect leads to a further increase in the applications-relevant dipole polarization. Uniaxially stretched ferroelectric- polymer films are highly anisotropic. Dielectric resonance spectroscopy reveals a strong increase of the transverse piezoelectric d(32) coefficient and a strong decrease of the transverse elastic modulus c(32) upon heating from 20 to 50 degrees C. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=94 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2010.5539679 SN - 1070-9878 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raman Venkatesan, Thulasinath A1 - Smykalla, David A1 - Ploss, Bernd A1 - Wübbenhorst, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Non-linear dielectric spectroscopy for detecting and evaluating structure-property relations in a P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) relaxor-ferroelectric terpolymer JF - Applied physics : A, Materials science & processing N2 - Non-linear dielectric spectroscopy (NLDS) is employed as an effective tool to study relaxation processes and phase transitions of a poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)) relaxor-ferroelectric (R-F) terpolymer in detail. Measurements of the non-linear dielectric permittivity epsilon 2 ' reveal peaks at 30 and 80 degrees C that cannot be identified in conventional dielectric spectroscopy. By combining the results from NLDS experiments with those from other techniques such as thermally stimulated depolarization and dielectric-hysteresis studies, it is possible to explain the processes behind the additional peaks. The former peak, which is associated with the mid-temperature transition, is found in all other vinylidene fluoride-based polymers and may help to understand the non-zero epsilon 2 ' values that are detected on the paraelectric phase of the terpolymer. The latter peak can also be observed during cooling of P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer samples at 100 degrees C and is due to conduction and space-charge polarization as a result of the accumulation of real charges at the electrode-sample interface. KW - Non-linear dielectric spectroscopy KW - P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) KW - Relaxor-ferroelectric polymer KW - Dielectric hysteresis KW - Curie-transition KW - Mid-temperature transition Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04876-0 SN - 0947-8396 SN - 1432-0630 VL - 127 IS - 10 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Kacprzyk, Ryszard T1 - Paul Böning - early electret researcher in Shanghai and Wroclaw (1922-1945) JF - IEEE transactions on dielectrics and electrical insulation N2 - The scientific career and the research activities of Paul Boening, especially during his tenures at Tongji University in Shanghai (Woosung Campus, 1922-1936) and the Technical University of Wroclaw (TH Breslau, 1936-1945), are briefly reviewed. In particular, Boening's pioneering investigations in the area of electrets and space charge in dielectrics are emphasized. We attempt to shed some light on the significant achievements of a virtually unknown contributor to the early history of electrets and of space-charge research and high-voltage engineering, during the 1920s and 1930s. It should be noted that dielectrics research was a truly international endeavor already at that time. KW - dielectrics KW - electrets KW - electrostatic KW - experiments KW - (high-)voltage measurements KW - space charge Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2022.3168372 SN - 1070-9878 SN - 1558-4135 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 853 EP - 858 PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Monomorphs, bimorphs and multimorphs from polar polymer electrets Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raman Venkatesan, Thulasinath A1 - Gulyakova, Anna A. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Influence of film stretching on crystalline phases and dielectric properties of a 70/30 mol% poly(vinylidenefluoride-tetrafluoroethylene) copolymer JF - Journal of advanced dielectrics N2 - Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based copolymers with tetrafluoroethylene (P(VDF-TFE)), trifluoroethylene (P(VDF-TrFE)) or hexafluoropropylene (P(VDF-HFP)) are of strong interest due to the underlying fundamental mechanisms and the potential ferro-, pyro- and piezo-electrical applications. Their flexibility and their adaptability to various shapes are advantageous in comparison to inorganic ferroelectrics. Here, we study the influence of stretching temperature on the crystalline phases and the dielectric properties in P(VDF-TFE) films by means of Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier-Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR), Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction (WAXD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). Especially, the effect of stretching and the influence of the temperature of stretching on the mid-temperature (T-mid) transition are studied in detail. The results show that stretching has a similar effect as that on PVDF, and we observe an increase in the fraction of ferroelectric beta-phase with a simultaneous increment in both melting point (T-m) and crystallinity (chi(c)) of the copolymer. While an increase in the stretching temperature does not have a profound impact on the amount of ferroelectric phase, the stability of the ferroelectric phase seems to improve - as seen in the reduction of the Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) of the WAXD peaks in both parallel and perpendicular directions to the molecular chain axis. The observation is also supported by the reduction of dissipation losses with an increase in stretching temperature - as seen in DRS measurements. Finally, both stretching itself and the temperature of stretching affect the various molecular processes taking place in the temperature range of the T-mid transition. KW - P(VDF-TFE) copolymer KW - dielectric properties KW - crystalline phases KW - film KW - stretching KW - mid-temperature transition Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010135X2050023X SN - 2010-135X SN - 2010-1368 VL - 10 IS - 5 PB - World Scientific CY - Singapore ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Basso, Heitor Cury A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Lima, L. A1 - de Aquino, C. V. A1 - Goncalves Neto, Luiz A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Piezoelectrets from thermo-formed bubble structures of fluoropolymer-electret films N2 - The acetone extracts of the root bark and stem bark of Erythrina sacleuxii showed antiplasmodial activities against the chloroquine-sensitive (D6) and chloroquine-resistant (W2) strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Chromatographic separation of the acetone extract of the root bark afforded a new isoflavone, 7-hydroxy-4 -methoxy-3'- prenylisoflavone (trivial name 5-deoxy-3' - prenylbiochanin A) along with known isoflavonoids as the antiplasmodial principles. Flavonoids and isoflavonoids isolated from the stem bark of E. sucleuxii were also tested and showed antiplasmodial activities. The structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic evidence. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=94 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2006.247822 SN - 1070-9878 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weinhold, Till A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Seiß, Martin A1 - Görne, Thomas A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) single-film space-charge electrets with high piezoelectric coefficients Y1 - 2000 SN - 0537-9989 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nguyen, Quyet Doan A1 - Wang, Jingwen A1 - Rychkov, Dmitry A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Depth Profile and Transport of Positive and Negative Charge in Surface (2-D) and Bulk (3-D) Nanocomposite Films T2 - 2nd International Conference on Electrical Materials and Power Equipment (ICEMPE 2019) N2 - In the present study, the charge distribution and the charge transport across the thickness of 2- and 3-dimensional polymer nanodielectrics was investigated. Chemically surface-treated polypropylene (PP) films and low-density polyethylene nanocomposite films with 3 wt % of magnesium oxide (LDPE/MgO) served as examples of 2-D and 3-D nanodielectrics, respectively. Surface charges were deposited onto the non-metallized surfaces of the one-side metallized polymer films and found to broaden and to thus enter the bulk of the films upon thermal stimulation at suitable elevated temperatures. The resulting space-charge profiles in the thickness direction were probed by means of Piezoelectrically-generated Pressure Steps (PPSs). It was observed that the chemical surface treatment of PP which led to the formation of nano-structures or the use of bulk nanoparticles from LDPE/MgO nanocomposites enhance charge trapping on or in the respective polymer films and also reduce charge transport inside the respective samples. KW - LDPE nanocomposites KW - MgO nanoparticles KW - Space charge KW - Charge transport KW - Charge stability KW - Acoustic probing of electric-field profiles KW - Piezoelectrically generated Pressure Steps (PPSs) Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-1-5386-8434-4 SN - 978-1-5386-8435-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEMPE.2019.8727256 SP - 298 EP - 300 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Mallepally, Rajendar Reddy A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Thermal and temporal stability of ferroelectret films made from cellular polypropylene/air composites N2 - Ferroelectrets are thin films of polymer foams, exhibiting piezoelectric properties after electrical charging. Ferroelectret foams usually consist of a cellular polymer structure filled with air. Polymer-air composites are elastically soft due to their high air content as well as due to the size and shape of the polymer walls. Their elastically soft composite structure is one essential key for the working principle of ferroelectrets, besides the permanent trapping of electric charges inside the polymer voids. The elastic properties allow large deformations of the electrically charged voids. However, the composite structure can also possibly limit the stability and consequently the range of applications because of, e. g., penetration of gas and liquids accompanied by discharge phenomena or because of a mechanical pre-load which may be required during the application. Here, we discuss various stability aspects related to the piezoelectric properties of polypropylene ferroelectrets. Near and below room temperature, the piezoelectric effect and the stability of the trapped charges are practically independent from humidity during long-time storage in a humid atmosphere or water, or from operating conditions, such as continuous mechanical excitation. Thermal treatment of cellular polypropylene above -10 degrees C leads to a softening of the voided structure which is apparent from the decreasing values of the elastic modulus. This decrease results in an increase of the piezoelectric activity. Heating above 60 degrees C, however, leads to a decrease in piezoelectricity Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Xunlin A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Spectroscopic study of dielectric barrier discharges in cellular polypropylene ferroelectrets N2 - The transient light emission from the dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs) in cellular polypropylene ferroelectrets subjected to high electric poling fields was spectroscopically measured. The spectrum shows strong emission from the second positive system of molecular nitrogen, N-2(C (3)Pi(u))-> N-2(B (3)Pi(g)), and the first negative system of N-2(+), N-2(+)(B (2)Sigma(+)(u))-> N-2(+)(X (2)Sigma(+)(g)), consistent with a DBD in air. When a dc voltage is applied stepwise to the ferroelectret film, light emission starts above a threshold, coinciding with the threshold voltage in obtaining piezoelectricity. From selected vibronic band strength ratios, the electric field in the discharge was determined and found to agree with Townsend breakdown. Y1 - 2007 UR - http://apl.aip.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2786597 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Flores Suárez, Rosaura A1 - Singh, Rajeev A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Lang, Sidney B. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - High-resolution space-charge and polarization tomography with thermal pulses N2 - Die Arbeit wurde am 13.03.2006 mit dem "BEST PAPER AWARD" des deutschen IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Chapter ausgezeichnet. Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-8007-2939-3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Basso, Heitor Cury A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Fang, Peng A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Three-layer ferroelectrets from perforated Teflon-PTFE films fused between two homogeneous Teflon-FEP films Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-1-4244-1482-6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Charging behaviour and thermal stability of porous and non-porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) electrets Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-1-4244-1482-6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Xunlin A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric barrier discharges during the generation of ferroelectrets : optical spectroscopy for process monitoring Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-1-4244-1482-6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Xunlin A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Barrier discharges in cellular polypropylene ferroelectrets : how do they influence the electromechanical properties? Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Flores Suárez, Rosaura A1 - Singh, Rajeev A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Zerstörungsfreie Tomographie von Raumladungs- und Polarisationsverteilungen mittles Wärmepulsen N2 - Non-destructive, three-dimensional imaging of space-charge and polarization distributions in electret materials has been implemented by means of laser-induced thermal pulses. In pyroelectric films of poled poly(vinylidene fluoride), images of up to 45 x 45 pixels with a depth resolution of less than 0.5 mu m and a lateral resolution of 40 mu m were recorded, the latter being limited by fast thermal diffusion in the absorbing metallic front electrode. Initial applications include the analysis of polarization distributions in corona-poled piezoelectric sensor cables and the detection of patterned space-charge distributions in polytetrafluoroethylene films. Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/loi/teme U6 - https://doi.org/10.1524/teme.2007.74.9.437 SN - 0171-8096 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abel, Markus A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Synchronization of organ pipes : experimental observations and modeling N2 - We report measurements on the synchronization properties of organ pipes. First, we investigate influence of an external acoustical signal from a loudspeaker on the sound of an organ pipe. Second, the mutual influence of two pipes with different pitch is analyzed. In analogy to the externally driven, or mutually coupled self-sustained oscillators, one observes a frequency locking, which can be explained by synchronization theory. Further, we measure the dependence of the frequency of the signals emitted by two mutually detuned pipes with varying distance between the pipes. The spectrum shows a broad '' hump '' structure, not found for coupled oscillators. This indicates a complex coupling of the two organ pipes leading to nonlinear beat phenomena. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://scitation.aip.org/jasa/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1121/1.217044 SN - 0001-4966 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Poling behavior and optical absorption of partially dehydrofluorinated and uniaxially stretched polyvinylidene fluoride N2 - Polyvinylidene fluoride was dissolved together with solid sodium hydroxide as catalyst in a dimethylsulfoxide/ acetone mixture and moderately dehydrofluorinated. The dehydrofluorination leads to a partial degradation of the fluorohydrocarbons, and in particular to main-chain scission and to formation of carbon double or triple bonds. This enhances the absorption at UV-vis frequencies. The degradation process also generates a large amount of excess charges in the polymer, which influence the electrical polarization behavior of the dehydrofluorinated polymer. Uniaxial stretching of moderately dehydrofluorinated polyvinylidene fluoride leads to films in a polar phase. Dipole polarization in the degraded and stretched films is demonstrated by means of switching experiments Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190600694761 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen A1 - Zscherpel, Detlef A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Detection of elliptical oscillations and monopole breathing of organ-pipe bodies with piezoelectric polymer sensors N2 - In this paper, a measuring technique is presented for the detection of radial oscillations of tube walls excited by changes in internal air pressure. On organ pipes, the oscillations were investigated by means of piezoelectric polymer films slightly tensioned around the pipe bodies. Employing sensors with patterned electrodes, the well-known elliptical oscillation of the cross section as well as an additional monopole breathing of the organ-pipe body were detected. For the monopole breathing, a close relationship between the pressure distribution of the air-column resonances inside the pipe and the circumference variations along the pipe was observed Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Spannoudaki, Anna A1 - Pissis, Polycarpos T1 - Relaxation processes at the glass transition in polyamide 11 : From rigidity to viscoelasticity Y1 - 2006 UR - http://jcp.aip.org/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2360266 SN - 0021-9606 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Tuncer, Enis A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Bauer, Siegfried T1 - Elastic properties and electromechanical coupling factor of inflated polypropylene ferroelectrets Y1 - 2006 SN - 1-4244-0547-5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Mallepally, Rajendar Reddy A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Thermal and temporal stability of ferroelectret films made from cellular polypropylene/air composites Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Katzir, S., The beginnings of piezoelectricity: a study in mundane physics; Dordrecht, Springer, 2006 BT - The beginnings of piezoelectricity: a study in mundane physics Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Montanari, Gian Carlo A1 - Fabiani, Davide A1 - Ciani, Franco A1 - Motori, Antonio A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Wegener, Michael T1 - Charging properties and time-temperature stability of innovative polymeric cellular ferroelectrets N2 - After appropriate mechanical and electrical treatments, some cellular polymers become able to retain space charge for a long time, i.e. they acquire electret behavior. The electrical treatment consists of charging under high levels of DC electric field. The mechanical treatment, based on the application of stretching forces to cellular polymer slabs that were before expanded under pressurized gas, affects the cavity size and shape, and therefore also the effectiveness of the charging process itself. An investigation of charging mechanisms, as well as of mechanical treatment, is therefore fundamental for optimizing the ferro- and piezo-electret properties. The aim of this paper is to discuss the effect of the physical dimension of the cavities on the charging behavior of cellular ferroelectrets and to focus on the time-temperature stability for two families of polymeric cellular ferroelectrets based on polypropylene (PP) and on a cyclo-olefin copolymer (COC). Emphasis will be given to the stretching process and in particular to the expansion rate applied during the manufacturing process (which affects the radial dimension and the height of the cavities, respectively). Space-charge and partial-discharge measurements as a function of time and temperature are the main tools to infer the influence of the cavity size on charging and stability characteristics. Y1 - 2007 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=94 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2007.302892 SN - 1070-9878 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tuncer, Enis A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Modeling electro-mechanical properties of layered electrets : application of the finite-element method N2 - We present calculations on the deformation of two- and three-layer electret systems. The electrical field is coupled with the stress-strain equations by means of the Maxwell stress tensor. In the simulations, two-phase systems are considered, and intrinsic relative dielectric permittivity and Young's modulus of the phases are altered. The numerically calculated electro-mechanical activity is compared to an analytical expression. Simulations are performed on two- and three-layer systems. Various parameters in the model are systematically varied and their influence on the resulting piezoelectricity is estimated. In three-layer systems with bipolar charge, the piezoelectric coefficients exhibit a strong dependence on the elastic moduli of the phases. However, with mono-polar charge, there is no significant piezoelectric effect. A two-dimensional simulation illustrated that higher piezoelectric coefficients can be obtained for non-uniform surface charges and low Poisson's ratio of phases. Irregular structures considered exhibit low piezoelectric activity compared to two-layer structures. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved Y1 - 2005 SN - 0304-3886 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, X. L. A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Zhang, X. Q. A1 - Hillenbrand, J. A1 - Xia, Zhongfu A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Sessler, G. M. T1 - Penetration of sulfur hexafluoride into cellular polypropylene films and its effect on the electric charging and electromechanical response of ferroelectrets N2 - Cellular polypropylene (PP) films were treated with sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas in order to study the SF6 penetration behaviour and optimize the electric charging conditions. There were differences in the penetration of SF6 for different cellular PP materials, depending on the microscopic properties, which manifest themselves in the voided structure as well as in the mechanical stiffnesses of the cellular films. The penetration of SF6 after long-term pressure treatment is confirmed in strongly inflated cellular PP films with a low mechanical stiffness of about 1 MPa. No SF6 penetration occurs for slightly inflated cellular PP films with smaller void sizes and higher mechanical stiffnesses of around 5.8 MPa. The observed thickness variations, the higher charging fields during corona charging because of SF6 penetration and the SF6 environment, as well as the resulting electromechanical properties are discussed Y1 - 2005 SN - 0022-3727 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Singh, Rajeev A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Fast thermal-pulse measurements of space-charge distributions in electret polymers N2 - Space-charge depth profiles in various electret polymers have been measured in both the time and the frequency domain using thermal pulses and waves, respectively. A comparison of the two techniques on corona-charged polytetrafluoroethylene showed that the thermal-pulse method yielded similar results as the thermal-wave technique, but approximately 20-50 times faster. The article discusses sensitivity limitations as well as possible applications, including the real-time monitoring of space-charge decay under UV irradiation. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics Y1 - 2005 SN - 0034-6748 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Singh, Rajeev A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Lang, Sidney B. T1 - Three-dimensional mapping of polarization profiles with thermal pulses N2 - High-resolution, large-area three-dimensional mapping of polarization profiles in electret polymers was carried out by means of a fast thermal pulse technique with a focused laser beam. A lateral resolution of 38 mu m and a near- surface depth resolution of less than 0.5 mu m was achieved. At larger depths, fast thermal diffusion in the metal electrode rather than the laser spot size becomes the limiting factor for the lateral resolution. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics Y1 - 2005 SN - 0003-6951 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Faria, Roberto M. A1 - Oliveira Jr., O. N. A1 - Giacometti, Jose A. T1 - Useful effects of space charge and dipole polarization: Recent developments in polymer electrets and organic semiconductors (Editorial) Y1 - 2006 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=94 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2006.247817 SN - 1070-9878 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Piezoelectric polyethylene terephthalate (PETP) foams : specifically designed and prepared ferroelectret films Y1 - 2005 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Electret science has a long history and a bright interdisciplinary future Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Neumann, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Guy, I. L. T1 - Dielectric relaxation in piezo-, pyro- and ferroelectric polyamide 11 N2 - Ferroelectric polyamide 11 films were prepared by melt-quenching, cold-drawing and electrical poling. Their ferroelectricity was studied by means of dielectric-hysteresis measurements. A remnant polarisation of up to 35 mC/m(2) and a coercive field of 75 MV/m were obtained. The piezoelectric d(33) coefficient and the pyroelectric coefficient of the films are reduced by annealing just below the melting region, but remain at about 3 pC/N and 8 muC/(m(2)K), respectively, during further heat treatment. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) and thermally stimulated depolarisation (TSD) were applied for investigating the conformational changes induced by melt-quenching, cold-drawing and annealing. The results indicate that the cold-drawn film mainly consists of a rigid amorphous phase which exhibits considerably lower conductivity, no glass transition and consequently no dielectric a relaxation. Instead, an a, relaxation is found, which is related to chain motions in regions of the rigid amorphous phase where the amide-group dipoles are not perfectly ordered. Annealing removes imperfectly ordered structures, but does not affect the ferroelectric polarisation. Therefore, it may be concluded that essentially the a, relaxation causes the thermally non-stable part of the piezo- and pyroelectricity in polyamide 11 Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric investigation of photo-induced chromophore degradation in nonlinear optical side-chain polymer electrets N2 - Organic materials with non-centrosymmetric chromophores are known to be susceptible to a number of photochemical processes, including reversible isomerization reactions as well as irreversible photo-oxidation or photo- reduction reactions. Reversible isomerization is the basis for a variety of applications, such as photo-induced poling, optical data storage and optical grating formation. The irreversible processes that involve the destruction of the chromophores have been found useful for the fabrication of optical waveguides, but they also limit the life times of polymeric photonic devices. In this paper, it is demonstrated that dielectric measurements allow for an in-depth investigation of non-reversible chromophore degradation processes in a typical side-chain polymer. The time- and temperature-dependent dielectric function of the polymer at 1 kHz enables us to follow the chromophore-degradation kinetics and to monitor the bleaching depth as a function of time at room and elevated temperatures Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Camacho González, Francisco A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Photostimulated discharge in electret polymers : an alternative approach for investigating deep traps N2 - The stability of space charge in electrets such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyethylene terephthalate (PETP) and polypropylene (PP) under ultraviolet irradiation has been investigated using photostimulated discharge spectroscopy. While only weak discharge currents were observed in PTFE coated with semitransparent gold electrodes, up to 15 pA/cm(2) were found in PETP around the UV absorption edge near 310 nm. Space charge profiles obtained with the piezoelectrically generated pressure step method indicate that near-surface charges were almost completely removed. In PP foam, recent findings of a UV-reduced d(33) coefficient were confirmed for exposure times of up to 3.5 h, and a discharge peak at 200 urn could be assigned to the charges stored on the surfaces of the voids. The unique morphology and the (quasi-) piezoelectric properties of cellular PP make it a role model for the future investigation of charge storage in electrets Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Pucher, Andreas A1 - Tuncer, Enis A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Piezoelectric two-layer stacks of cellular polypropylene ferroelectrets : transducer response at audio and ultrasound frequencies N2 - Piezoelectric cellular polypropylene films, so-called ferroelectrets, are assembled in a stack with two active transducer layers. The stack is characterized with respect to its linear and quadratic response in a frequency range from 1 kHz to 80 kHz. A relatively smooth frequency response in the sound-pressure level is found for the individual layers as well as for both layers driven in phase. The piezoelectric response of the two-layer stack is twice the response of an individual layer over a rather broad frequency range. Furthermore, the influence of the preparation conditions on the resonance frequency and the effect of the quadratic distortion on the radiated sound are investigated both for the individual transducer films in the stack and for the stack system as a whole Y1 - 2005 SN - 0885-3010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tuncer, Enis A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Distribution of relaxation times in alpha-phase polyvinylidene fluoride N2 - In this paper, a recently developed numerical method to analyze dielectric-spectroscopy data is applied to alpha-phase polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). The numerical procedure is non-parametric and does not contain any of the extensively used empirical formulas mentioned in the literature. The method basically recovers the unknown distribution of relaxation times of the generalized dielectric function representation by simultaneous application of the Monte Carlo integration method and of the constrained least-squares optimization. The relaxation map constructed after the numerical analysis is compared to a-phase PVDF data presented in the literature and results of the parametric analysis with a well- known empirical formula. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved Y1 - 2005 SN - 0022-3093 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tuncer, Enis A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Frubing, Peter A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Origin of temperature dependent conductivity of alpha-polyvinylidene fluoride N2 - The conductivity of alpha-polyvinylidene fluoride is obtained from dielectric measurements performed in the frequency domain at several temperatures. At temperatures above the glass-transition, the conductivity can be interpreted as an ionic conductivity, which confirms earlier results reported in the literature. Our investigation shows that the observed ionic conductivity is closely related to the amorphous phase of the polymer. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics Y1 - 2005 SN - 0021-9606 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Ferroelectrets : electrically charged polymer foams as quasi-piezoelectric transducer materials Y1 - 2004 SN - 3-18-091829-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Pucher, Andreas A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Voided space-charge electrets : piezoelectric transducer materials for electro-acoustic applications Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Sessler, G. M. T1 - Ferroelectrets : soft electroactive foams for transducers Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Fohlmeister, Jens Bernd A1 - Tiersch, Brigitte A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Two-step inflation of cellular polypropylene films: Void-thickness increase and enhanced electromechanical properties N2 - In cellular, electromechanically active polymer films, the so-called ferroelectrets, the cell size and shape distributions can be varied through a controlled inflation process. Up to now, high-pressure treatments were usually performed at elevated temperatures. There are, however, significant experimental limitations and complications if the pressure and temperature treatments are performed at the same time. Here, we demonstrate the controlled inflation of cellular polypropylene films by means of sepal-ate pressure and temperature treatments. Separate procedures are Much easier to implement. Excellent electromechanical properties were achieved with Such a two-step inflation process. The technique has significant potential for inflating large-area transducer films for electromechanical and electroacoustical applications Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Piezo-, pyro- and ferroelectricity in poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer films N2 - Thin films of poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) P(VDF-HFP) show significant electroactive properties, such as piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity and electrostriction. Suitable polar P(VDF-HFP) copolymer films can be prepared by melt-pressing or solution-casting. Dipolar orientation causes the macroscopic polarization and thus also the symmetry breaking necessary for electroactive properties. We discuss the polarization build-up in thin, stretched and non-stretched, films of P(VDF-HFP) copolymer with a HFP content of 15%. Poling currents measured in-situ during electric poling are analyzed and the polarization is calculated. Suitable electric poling leads to hysteresis phenomena of the polarization as a function of the electric field as well as to significant polarization during switching experiments. Our results indicate dipolar orientation also in non-stretched P(VDF-HFP) films Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Electric poling and electromechanical characterization of 0.1-mm-thick sensor films and 0.2-mm-thick cable layers from piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Y1 - 2003 SN - 0885-3010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bergner, André A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen T1 - Breathing modes of organ-pipe bodies : experimental detection with ring-shaped piezoelectric-polymer sensors Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Hesse, J. A1 - Wegener, T. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Patterned ferro-, pyro- and piezoelectricity in poly(vinylindene fluoride) by means of a laser-induced irreversible beta to alpha phase transformation Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhong-Fu, X. A1 - Shan-Shan, M. A1 - Jia-Qian, Z. A1 - Xun-Lin, Q. A1 - Ye-Wen, Z. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang T1 - Piezoelectric activity and its stability of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kremmer, Alexander A1 - Ganser, J. A1 - Pissis, Polycarpos A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric relaxation and resonance spectra of ferroelectric polyamide 11 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-7803-7560-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Gonzalez, Francisco Camacho A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Ultraviolet-induced discharge currents and reduction of piezoelectric coefficient in cellular polypropylene films Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bergweiler, Steffen A1 - Bergner, André A1 - Görne, Thomas A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Breathing modes and sound radiation of metallic organ pipes Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Corona-induced partial discharges, internal charge separation and electromechanical transducer properties in cellular polymer films Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7560-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Hesse, J. A1 - Wegener, T. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Patterned ferro-, pyro- and piezoelectricity in poly(vinylindene fluoride) by means of a laser-induced irreversible beta to alpha phase transformation [Erratum] Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Richter, Kristin A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Ferroelectric polarization in stretched piezo- and pyroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer films Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Less can be more : holes in polymers lead to a new paradigm of piezoelectric materials for electet transducers Y1 - 2002 SN - 0018-9367, ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Voided polymer electrets : new materials, new challenges, new chances Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7560-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Krüger, Harald A1 - Goering, H. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Relaxation behaviour of thermoplastic polyurethanes with covalently attached nitroaniline dipoles Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Lang, Sidney B. T1 - Obituaries - Dilip Kumar Das-Gupta Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Giacometti, J. A. A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Santos, Lucas F. A1 - Faria, Roberto M. A1 - Paajanen, Mika T1 - Electrode polling of cellular polypropylene films with short high-voltage pulses Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7502-5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gonzalez, Francisco Camacho A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Santos, Lucas F. A1 - Faria, Roberto M. T1 - Photo-stimulated discharge of highly insulating polymers (PTFE and PETP) Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7502-5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Richter, Kristin A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Charge stability and piezoelectric properties of porous fluoro-polymer space-charge electrets in layer systems Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Gonzalez, Francisco Camacho A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Santos, Lucas F. A1 - Faria, Roberto M. T1 - Phototstimulated discharge of corona and electron-beam charged electret polymers Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7560-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Charging of cellular space-charge electret films in various gas atmospheres Y1 - 2001 SN - 0-7803-7053-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Blischke, D. A1 - Salah Khalil, M. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Complete relaxation map of polyethylene : filler-induced chemical modifications as dielectric probes Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paajanen, Mika A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Understanding the role of the gas in the voids during corona charging of cellular electret films : a way to enhance their piezoelectricity Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Thermally stable dynamic piezoelectricity in sandwich films of porous and non-porous amorphous fluoropolymer Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Seiß, Martin A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Prepariation and assessment of piezo- and pyroelectric poly- (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) copolymer films Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Buchsteiner, Alexandra A1 - Neumann, Werner A1 - Brehmer, Ludwig T1 - Different molecular mechanisms for the dielectric hysteresis and pyroelectricity in a poly(vinyl alcohol) with azobenzene-alkoxy side chains N2 - 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. Y1 - 1999 SN - 0277-786X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Blischke, D. A1 - Salah Khalil, M. A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric relaxations in titanium-dioxide-filled polyethylene: Filler-induced chemical modifications of the polymer provide the dipolar response Y1 - 2001 SN - 0-7803-7053-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Elling, B. A1 - Pinnow, M. A1 - Danz, Rudi A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Wirges, werner A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Coating of porous polytetrafluoroethylene films with other polymers for electret applications Y1 - 2001 SN - 0-7803-7053-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Görne, Thomas A1 - Pucher, Andreas A1 - Weinhold, Till A1 - Seiß, Martin A1 - Xia, Zhongfu A1 - Wedel, Armin A1 - Danz, Rudi T1 - Porous polytetrafluoroethylene space-charge electrets for piezoelectrical applications Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Xia, Zhongfu A1 - Weinhold, Till A1 - Pucher, Andreas A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Piezoelectricity of porous polytetrafluoroethylene single- and multiple-film electrets containing high charge densities of both polarities Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xia, Zhongfu A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Wedel, Armin A1 - Danz, Rudi T1 - High surface-charge stability of porous polytetrafluoroethylene electret films at room and elvated temperatures Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Electrets Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stracke, A. A1 - Bayer, A. A1 - Zimmermann, S. A1 - Wendorff, Joachim Heinz A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Relaxation behaviour of electrically induced polar orientation and of optically induced non-polar orientation in an azo-chromophore side group polymer Y1 - 1999 SN - 0022-3727 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rollik, Denis A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Pyroelectrical study of the polarization contributions from the amorphous and crystalline phases as well as from their interface in poly(vinylidene fluoride) Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Xia, Zhongfu A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Pucher, Andreas T1 - Preliminary study of multi-layer space-charge electrets with piezoelectric properties from porous and non- porous Teflon films Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mellinger, Axel A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Prescher, Dietrich A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Dielectric spectra of a partially fluorinated chromophore / amorphous Teflon AF guest-host system Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Apparent dielectric hysteresis without significant dipolar movement? Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Leal Ferreira, G. F. A1 - Faria, Roberto M. T1 - Recent developments in selected areas of the research initiated or significantly advanced by Bernhard Gross Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rollik, Denis A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Separate contributions to the pyroelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride from the amorphous and crystalline phases as well as their interfaces Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Nonlinear optical polymer electrets Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Cerny, J. A1 - Klemberg-Sapieha, J. A1 - Martinu, L. A1 - Wertheimer, M. R. A1 - Holländer, A. A1 - Behnisch, Juergen T1 - Surface-charging behavior of plasma-treated polymer films Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Cheng, Z. Y. A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Das-Gupta, D. K. T1 - Dielectric investigation of thermally-induced chromophore degradation in nonlinear optical polymer electrets Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Eberle, G. A1 - Eisenmenger, E. A1 - Yang, G. M. T1 - High space densities in the bulk of fluoropolymer elctrets detected with piezoelectrically generated pressure steps Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Space-charge profiles with high densities in uniform and nonuniform polymer dielectrics Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frübing, Peter A1 - Wegener, Michael A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Buchsteiner, Alexandra A1 - Neumann, Werner A1 - Brehmer, Ludwig A1 - Dietel, Reinhard T1 - Pyroelectric properties and dielectric hysteresis of a poly(vinylalcohol) with azobenzene alkoxy side chains Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Künstler, Wolfgang A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Charge profiles in corona- or electrode-charged fluoropolymers Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cheng, Z. Y. A1 - Katiyar, R. S. A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Thermally stimulated depolarization current of a nonlinear optical side-chain polymer Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bauer-Gogonea, Simona A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Nonlinear optical polymer electrets : current practice Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Electric-field poling of polymers Y1 - 1997 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 - Dinger, Claudia A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü A1 - Brinker, Walter A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Ellipsometry and Michelson interferometry for fixed- and variable- frequency electro-optical measurements on poled polymers 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 - Brinker, Walter A1 - Yilmaz, Sükrü A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Bauer, Siegfried A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Phase-shift interference microscope for the investigation of dipoleorientation distributions Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Nonlinear optical polymer electrets Y1 - 1996 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 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Amplitudengesteuerte Beugungsgitter für die Lichtventil-Großbildprojektion Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Sessler, G. M. T1 - A tribute to Professor Bernhard Gross Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhard, Reimund A1 - Mahler, G. T1 - Light-valve projection displays - an introduction Y1 - 1995 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chinaglia, Dante Luis A1 - Gregorio, Rinaldo A1 - Stefanello, Josiani Cristina A1 - Altafim, Ruy Alberto Pisani A1 - Wirges, Werner A1 - Wang, Feipeng A1 - Gerhard, Reimund T1 - Influence of the solvent evaporation rate on the crystalline phases of solution-cast poly(vinylidene fluoride) films N2 - The influence of the solvent-evaporation rate on the formation of of. and P crystalline phases in solution-cast poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films was systematically investigated. Films were crystallized from PVDF/N,N- dimethylformamide solutions with concentrations of 2.5, 5.0, 10, and 20 wt % at different temperatures. During crystallization, the solvent evaporation rate was monitored in situ by means of a semianalytic balance. With this system, it was possible to determine the evaporation rate for different concentrations and temperatures of the solution under specific ambient conditions (pressure, temperature, and humidity). Fourier-Transform InfraRed spectroscopy with Attenuated Total Reflectance revealed the P-phase content in the PVDF films and its dependence on previous evaporation rates. Based on the relation between the evaporation rate and the PVDF phase composition, a consistent explanation for the different amounts of P phase observed at the upper and lower sample surfaces is achieved. Furthermore, the role of the sample thickness has also been studied. The experimental results show that not only the temperature but also the evaporation rate have to be controlled to obtain the desired crystalline phases in solution-cast PVDF films. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/30035 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/App.31488 SN - 0021-8995 ER -