T. V. Murzina, T. V. Misyuryaev, Yu. G. Fokin, S. P. Palto, S. G. Yudin, O. A. Aktsipetrov, “Surface ferroelectric phase transition in multilayer polymer Langmuir films”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2003, Volume 78, Issue 3,Pages <nobr>160

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Surface ferroelectric phase transition in multilayer polymer Langmuir films

T. V. Murzina^a, T. V. Misyuryaev^a, Yu. G. Fokin^a, S. P. Palto^b, S. G. Yudin^b, O. A. Aktsipetrov^a

^a M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics
^b Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The ferroelectric phase transition on the free surface of a polymer ferroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett film was studied by the optical second harmonic generation (SHG) technique. A hysteresis in the temperature dependence of the SHG intensity observed for a multilayer film of a poly(vinylidene fluoride)-trifluoroethylene copolymer in the vicinity of $T\approx 15^\circ$ C is a manifestation of the first-order ferroelectric phase transition in the topmost surface monolayer of the film.

PACS: 7.57.Lm, 76.60.-k

Received: 16.06.2003