Direct spectroscopic evidence of field-induced solid-state chain conformation transformation in a ferroelectric relaxor polymer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Shihai ^a   Chu, Baojin ^a   Neese, Bret ^a   Ren, Kailiang ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYSTERESIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS;

SENSING APPLICATIONS; SQUARE POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33644605357     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169659     Document Type: Article

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