Ultrathin ferroelectric polymer films

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 202, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Ducharme, Stephen ^a   Bune, A ^a   Fridkin, V ^b   Blinov, L ^b   Palto, S ^b   Petukhova, N ^b   Yudin, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COPOLYMERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MONOLAYERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; PYROELECTRICITY; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VINYL RESINS;

CONDUCTANCE SWITCHING; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031385645     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150199708213458     Document Type: Article

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