Piezoelectric ultrathin polymer films synthesized by electrostatic self-assembly processing

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 801-804

  Zeng, T ^a   Claus, R ^a   Liu, Y ^b   Zhang, F ^a   Du, W ^a   Cooper, K L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NanoSonic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ELECTROSTATIC SELF-ASSEMBLY (ESA);

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0034513280     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/9/6/309     Document Type: Article

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