Thin Piezoelectric VDF-TrFE Copolymer Films for Data Storage,

Abstract

We used the Scanning Nearfield Acoustic Microscope a nontouching profilometer with a conducting tip - both to pole thin ferroelectric VDF-TrFE copolymer films and to subsequently monitor the resulting piezoelectrically stimulated surface motion. For thin uncovered polymer films we were able to measure simultaneously the piezoactivity and the surface topography with a lateral resolution of 1 micron m. Furthermore we used a focused electron beam to create a poling pattern of narrow lateral extension and detected the corresponding local piezoactivity by using the Scanning Nearfield Acoustic Microscope.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1991
Accession Number
ADP006657

Entities

People

  • Doris Schilling
  • Joachim Glatz-reichenbach
  • Peter Guthner

Organizations

  • University of Konstanz

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Microscopes
  • Colorado
  • Copolymers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Films
  • Microscopes
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Profilometers
  • Scanning
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems