Reducing leakage current and dielectric losses of electroactive polymers through electro-annealing for high-voltage actuation.

Electroactive polymers (EAPs) such as P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) are very promising in the field of flexible sensors and actuators. Their advantages in smart electrical devices are due to their low cost, elastic properties, low density, and ability to be manufactured into various shapes and thicknesses. In earlier years, terpolymer P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) attracted a lot of research due to its relaxor-ferroelectric property that exhibits high electrostriction phenomena.