A new method is presented for the determination of the vibrational amplitude of electrically driven piezoelectric polymer films. Both the absolute value of the amplitude and its orientation relative to the surface can be measured with precision. The application of this method to polymer films showed rather surprising deviations of the dynamic pizoelectric constants from the high static values.
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