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Enis Tuncer1, Michael Wegener, Peter Frübing
1Applied Condensed-Matter Physics, Department of Physics, University of Potsdam, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany. enis.tuncer@physics.org
Abstract:
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.
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