Electrostrictive and dielectric properties of stretched poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers at cryogenic temperatures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1821-1823

  Ang, Chen ^a   Yu, Zhi ^b   Cross, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROSTRICTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0141716792     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1606101     Document Type: Article

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