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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 108, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4953770
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The elastocaloric properties of poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE)] terpolymer were directly characterized using an infrared imaging camera. At a strain of 12%, a reversible adiabatic temperature variation of 2.15 degrees C was measured, corresponding to an isothermal entropy variation of 21.5 kJ m(-3) K-1 or 11 J kg(-1) K-1. In comparison with other elastocaloric materials, P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) appears to represent a trade-off between the large required stresses in shape memory alloys and the large required strains in natural rubber. The internal energy of the P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) polymer was found to be independent of the strain, resulting in complete conversion of the mechanical work into heat, as for pure elastomeric materials. The elastocaloric effect therefore originates from a pure entropic elasticity, which is likely to be related to the amorphous phase of the polymer only. Published by AIP Publishing.
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