Piezoelectric polymeric thin films tuned by carbon nanotube fillers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6932, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Junhee ^a   Loh, Kenneth J ^a   Lynch, Jerome P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Energy harvesting; Piezoelectricity; PVDF; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMER FILMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 44449178424     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.774256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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