Ab Initio Studies of Polarization and Piezoelectricity in Vinylidene Fluoride and BN-Based Polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Nakhmanson, S M ^a   Nardelli, M Buongiorno ^a,b   Bernholc, J ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACTUATORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; SENSORS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; MONOMER DIPOLE; POLAR MATERIALS;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 2342584733     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.115504     Document Type: Article

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