"dielectric relaxor" behavior of electroactive fluorinated polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Ang, Chen ^a   Yu, Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MACRODOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC RELAXOR BEHAVIOR; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE);

CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; HYSTERESIS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 22144449972     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1948518     Document Type: Article

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