Electron diffraction study of the structure of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer nanocrystals

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Bai, Mengjun ^a   Li, X Z ^a   Ducharme, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT DEPOSITION; MONOCLINIC PHASE; SURFACE PRESSURE; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 34248681538     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/19/196211     Document Type: Article

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