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Published on: May 29, 2018
Visible-Light Modulation on Lattice Dielectric Responses of a Piezo-Phototronic Soft Material
E-Wen Huang1, Yu-Hsiang Hsu2, Wei-Tsung Chuang3
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30010, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Abstract:
In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction is used to investigate a three-way piezo-phototronic soft material. This new system is composed of a semi-crystalline poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) piezoelectric polymer and titanium oxide nanoparticles. Under light illumination, photon-induced piezoelectric responses are nearly two times higher at both the lattice-structure and the macroscopic level than under conditions without light illumination. A mechanistic model is proposed.
