Thermal stability of piezoelectric properties and infrared sensor performance of spin-coated polyurea thin films

Masahiro Morimoto, Yasuko Koshiba, Masahiro Misaki, Kenji Ishida

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Abstract

We have investigated the temperature dependence of the piezoelectric coefficients and infrared sensor performance of spin-coated thin films of polyundecylurea (PUA11). The piezoelectric coefficients of the PUA11 films remained constant at temperatures above 180 °C and these films demonstrated thermal resistance superior to those of poly(vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF/TrFE)] films. The infrared sensor performance of the PUA11 films was measured after annealing at 125 °C for 500 h and was found to have retained 84- of its preannealing level. The thermal stability of the PUA11 films was higher than that of the P(VDF/TrFE) films; moreover, PUA11 is also expected to have superior electrothermal stability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101501
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume8
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015/10/01

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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