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Substantial electrostrictive strains can be obtained from terpolymers of vinylidene fluoride, trifluoroethylene, and chlorotrifluoroethylene. The mechanism of the electromechanical response was investigated using x-ray diffraction and infrared absorption measurements on the polymer under an electric field. While application of the field is found to induce changes in the crystal phase structure, the phase transition that can effect dimensional changes is too small to account for the magnitude of the electrostriction. Thus, the origin of the exceptional electromechanical properties of this material remains to be fully elucidated.
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Roland, C.M., Garrett, J., Qadri, S.B. (2004). Electrostriction and Crystalline Phase Transformations in a Vinylidene Flouride Terpolymer. In: Rzoska, S.J., Zhelezny, V.P. (eds) Nonlinear Dielectric Phenomena in Complex Liquids. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 157. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2704-4_29
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