Piezoelectric polymer electrets

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 624-646

  Eberle, G ^a,b   Schmidt, H ^a   Eisenmenger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HUBER SUHNER AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NYLON POLYMERS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CURIE TRANSITION; POLYUREA; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 0030261994     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.544185     Document Type: Article

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