Temperature variation of piezoelectric moduli in oriented poly(γ‐methyl L‐glutamate)

Abstract

AbstractThe real and imaginary components of the complex piezoelectric strain constant, which relates the polarization to the applied stress, have been determined for elongated films of poly(γ‐methyl L‐glutamate) over the temperature range −170°C to +170°C at a frequency of 20 Hz. The variation of the piezoelectric constant with temperature is similar for both α‐helical and β‐form molecular conformations. The sign of piezoelectric polarization is opposite for L and D polymers. A simple model, representing the piezoelectric crystallites as embedded in nonpiezoelectric amorphous regions, is proposed to account for the piezoelectric temperature dispersion curves.