| Abstract: | Polymers have been playing an important role already for a long time in electronic engineering as dielectrics. Recently a search has been made for polymers with unusual properties: organic semiconductors or photoconductors, electrets, and polymeric piezo — and pyroelectrics have been developed. And now, polyvinylidene fluroide (PVDF), a new piezoelectric film material is being produced on an industrial scale.1,2 In this article, recent developments and applications of piezoelectric polymers are surveyed. |
