High electromechanical responses in a poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) terpolymer

Advanced Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1574-1577

  Xia, Feng ^a   Cheng, Zhongyang ^a   Xu, Haisheng ^a   Li, Hengfeng ^a   Zhang, Qiming ^a   Kavarnos, George J ^b   Ting, Robert Y ^c   Abdul Sedat, Gomaa ^c   Belfield, Kevin D ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSTRICTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOMERS; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS;

TERPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037021177     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4095(20021104)14:21<1574::aid-adma1574>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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