Abstract

The phase transitions to an ordered state in three-dimensional polymer systems that consist of flexible and rigid segments with intrachain and interchain orientational-deformational dipole interactions are considered. The statistic properties of the proposed models correspond to the Gaussian and spherical approximations that are used to describe the behavior of anisotropic Heisenberg ferroelectrics and ferromagnets. In the three-dimensional models under consideration, there exists a critical point Tc where a secondorder phase transition from an isotropic state to a state with long-range orientational order occurs. The laws of variation in the temperature Tc as a function of anisotropy of the interactions are established by analytical methods. The temperature dependences of the long-range dipole order parameter for a given chain bending are calculated and the results are compared with the experimental data obtained by the piezoelectric pressure step (PPS) method for thick ferroelectric PVDF and P(VDF-TrFE) polymer films.

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