Factors governing ferroelectric switching characteristics of thin VDF/TrFE copolymer films

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1120-1131

  Furukawa, Takeo ^a   Nakajima, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric polymer; Nucleation and growth; Switching time; Thin film; VDF TrFE; Vinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ELECTRODES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FILM GROWTH; NUCLEATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; SWITCHING TIME; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33750797558     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.247840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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