Reversible phase transition and structure memory effect of metastable phase in electron-irradiated poly(vinylidene-fluoride-trifluoroethyline) copolymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2136-2138

  Li, W P ^a   Tang, Y W ^a   Guo, S S ^a   Wang, D H ^a   Yang, G ^a   Wang, R H ^a   Zhao, X Z ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FERROELECTRICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

STRUCTURE MEMORY EFFECT;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037474955     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1563047     Document Type: Article

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