Abstract:
There is provided a polymeric piezoelectric material including a helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and an optical purity of more than 97.0% ee but less than 99.8% ee as calculated by the following formula, in which a piezoelectric constant d14 measured at 25° C. by a stress-charge method is 1 pC/N or more: optical purity(% ee)=100×|L-form amount−D-form amount|/(L-form amount+D-form amount), Formula: [in which an amount of L-form (% by mass) and an amount of D-form of an optically active polymer (% by mass) are values obtained by a method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)].
Abstract:
A film having a molecular orientation; having an absolute difference ΔRe between the maximum and minimum retardations Re of 100 nm or less in a case wherein the retardations Re are measured at every 0.8 mm along a measured length of 10 mm centered at the center of a principal plane of the film and at a wavelength of 550 nm; and having an average Re (ave) of the retardations Re in a range of from 700 nm to 900 nm or in a range of from 1250 nm to 1450 nm.
Abstract:
The invention provides a pressure detecting device containing a pressurized member having a contact surface that is subjected to pressure due to contact with a pressurizing means; and a piezoelectric member that is arranged facing the pressurized member and that includes a polymeric piezoelectric material having a piezoelectric constant d14 of 1 pm/V or more as measured by a displacement method at 25° C., and a ratio IEb/IEa between a product IEb of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ib and a Young's modulus Eb of the pressurized member, and a product IEa of a cross-sectional secondary moment Ia and a Young's modulus Ea of the piezoelectric member, is in a range of from 102 to 1010.