Charge stability of pulsed-laser deposited polytetrafluoroethylene film electrets

Pulsed-laser deposited (PLD) polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon-PTFE) films from press-sintered powder targets are found to be highly crystalline, with spherulite sizes adjustable over more than one order of magnitude by suitable thermal annealing. Films with large spherulites show an excellent charge stability, comparable and even superior to commercially available Teflon-PTFE foils. PLD-PTFE enlarges the family of Teflon materials and may thus become interesting for potential miniaturized electret devices.

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