Characterisation of P(VDF-TrFE) material taking into account dielectric relaxation: Application to modelling of high frequency transducers

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Levassort, F ^a   Tran Huu Hue, L P ^a   Feuillard, G ^a   Lethiecq, M ^a  

^a GIP Ultrasons   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectric relaxation; Material characterisation; Piezoelectricity; Transducer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSDUCERS; PIEZO-COMPOSITES;

ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0031994268     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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