Quasistatic and Dynamic Piezoelectric Coefficients of Polymer Foams and Polymer Film Systems

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Hillenbrand, Joachim ^a   Sessler, Gerhard M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurement; Cellular polymer; d33 coefficient; Interferometric measurement; Piezoelectric coefficient; Polymer foam; Polypropylene foam; Polytetrafluoroethylene foam

Indexed keywords

ELECTRETS; FOAMS; FREQUENCIES; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTILAYERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; RESONANCE;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; CELLULAR POLYMERS; D33-COEFFICIENT; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; POLYMER FOAMS; POLYPROPYLENE FOAMS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 1842477155     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1266319     Document Type: Article

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