High-dielectric-constant all-polymer percolative composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3502-3504

  Huang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a   Su, Ji ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERMITTIVITY; STRAIN; TERPOLYMERS;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0038657823     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1575505     Document Type: Article

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