Mono-, bi-, and multimorphs are poled electrets with +/0, +/-, and more com
plicated alternating-polarity dipole-orientation patterns, respectively. Be
cause of their unusual macroscopic piezo- and pyroelectrical as well as non
linear optical properties, such structures are of particular interest for s
pecial transducer and optical waveguide applications. In this contribution,
the preparation of such dipole-polarization patterns in ferroelectric and
amorphous polymer electrets and their nondestructive probing by means of th
ermal and acoustical techniques are reviewed.