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Local piezoelectric response of ZnO nanoparticles embedded in a photosensitive polymer

  • K. Prashanthi
  • , H. Zhang
  • , V. Ramgopal Rao
  • , T. Thundat
  • University of Alberta
  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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Abstract

Local piezoelectric properties of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in a photo-epoxy polymer are investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). Integrating ZnO NPs into a photosensitive SU-8 polymer matrix not only retains the highly desired piezoelectric properties of the ZnO, but also preserves photosensitivity and optical transparency of the SU-8 polymer. These results have strong implications for simple photolithography based low-cost fabrication of piezoelectric microelectromechanicalsystems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanicalsystems (NEMS) in both sensing and energy harvesting applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-79
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012

Keywords

  • Epoxy
  • Nanocomposites
  • Piezoelectric properties
  • Polymers
  • ZnO

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