Theoretical and experimental techniques in using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) films as a transducer in sensor systems

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2 B, 2004, Pages 291-307

  Dargahi, J ^a   Sokhanvar, S ^a   Packirisamy, M ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric Coefficients; Piezoelectric Sensors; Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) film

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FRICTION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRICTION REDUCTION; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF) FILMS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 3543089277     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2004-0021     Document Type: Article

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