A bimorph based dilatometer for field induced strain measurement in soft and thin free standing polymer films

J. Su, P. Moses, Qiming Zhang

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Abstract

A bimorph based dilatometer has been developed which enables one to characterize the electric field induced strain response in the out-of-plane direction in thin and soft free standing polymer film samples conveniently over a relatively wide frequency range (1 Hz to 1 kHz). The test results demonstrate that the newly developed dilatometer is capable of detecting displacement down to sub-angstrom range. The agreement between the test results from the bimorph dilatometer, the results from a laser dilatometer, and the model analysis indicates that the device can indeed be used reliably for these measurement with high sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2480-2483
Number of pages4
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume69
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation

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