Fig. 3: Young’s modulus maps of P(VDF-TrFE) below and above the Curie transition. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Young’s modulus maps of P(VDF-TrFE) below and above the Curie transition.

From: Multi-scale characterisation of a ferroelectric polymer reveals the emergence of a morphological phase transition driven by temperature

Fig. 3

a, b Spatially resolved nanomechanical maps of P(VDF-TrFE) for the low-temperature ferroelectric state at 300 K. c, d Nanomechanical maps of P(VDF-TrFE) for the high-temperature paraelectric state at 395 K. The bottom panels show the cross-sections along the lines traced in the images. Lamellar structures are observed below and above the Curie transition (TC = 374 K). The nanomechanical maps have been generated by bimodal AFM.

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