Ferroelectrets: Highly anisotropic electrically charged polymer foams for electromechanical transducer applications

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1138-1141

  Wegener, M ^a   Tuncer, E ^a   Wirges, W ^a   Gerhard Multhaupt, R ^a   Dansachmuller M ^b   Bauer Gogonea, S ^b   Schwodiauer R ^b   Bauer, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cellular polymers; Ferroelectrets; Foams; Piezoelectricity; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR POLYMERS; FERROELECTRETS; INFLATION; POLYMER FOAMS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FOAMS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSDUCERS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 21644439843     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1417981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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