Effects of an external electric field on the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition in polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Poulsen, Matt ^a   Sorokin, A V ^a,c   Adenwalla, S ^a   Ducharme, S ^a   Fridkin, V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c IVANOVO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC PARAELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 39349116408     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2838484     Document Type: Article

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