Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) based high performance electroactive polymers

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Huang, Cheng ^a   Klein, R ^a   Xia, Feng ^a   Li, Hengfeng ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a   Bauer, François ^b   Cheng, Z Y ^c  

^a Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Inst Franco Allemand Rech S Louis   (France)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroactive polymers; Electrostriction; Field effect actuators; High dielectric constant polymers; Relaxor ferroelectric polymers

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMITTIVITY; STRAIN; TERPOLYMERS;

ELASTIC ENERGY DENSITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSES;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 2342537255     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1285901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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