Piezoelectricity of single-and multi-layer cellular polypropylene film electrets

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Qiu, Xunlin ^a   Xia, Zhongfu ^a   Wang, Feipeng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular polypropylene; Hybrid multi layer system; Piezoelectricity; Pressure expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250680454     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-007-0013-1     Document Type: Article

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