Charge-induced local dewetting on polymer electrets studied by atomic force microscopy.

@article{Zhao2013ChargeinducedLD,
  title={Charge-induced local dewetting on polymer electrets studied by atomic force microscopy.},
  author={Dan Zhao and Jiaxi Peng and Xiaofeng Tang and Dongdong Zhang and Xiaohui Qiu and Yanlian Yang and Yapei Wang and Meining Zhang and Li Guan and Tingbing Cao},
  journal={Soft matter},
  year={2013},
  volume={9 40},
  pages={
          9702-8
        }
}
Polymer electrets are one of the most important series of electrets, which are widely used both in academic research and industrial applications. The effect of trapped charges on dielectric properties of the polymer electret is critical for more intelligent utilization of these materials. Herein we report the charge-induced polymer relaxation reflected by the local dewetting of the polymer electrets with charge patterns. Because the difference in charge-induced relaxation results in selective… 
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