Effect of high energy electron irradiation on the electromechanical properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene) 50/50 and 65/35 copolymers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1296-1307

  Cheng, Zhong Yang ^a,b   Bharti, Vivek ^a   Mai, Tian ^a   Xu, Tian Bing ^a   Zhang, Qiming M ^a   Ramotowski, Thomas ^a   Wright, Kenneth A ^a   Ting, Robert ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSTRICTION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED STRAIN; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTRICTIVE COEFFICIENT; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON IRRADIATION; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; POLYTRIFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYVINYLIDINE FLUORIDE; RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC; TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034318156     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883518     Document Type: Article

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