Large electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymers near room temperature

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5890, 2008, Pages 821-823

  Neese, Bret ^a   Chu, Baojin ^a   Lu, Sheng Guo ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Furman, E ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ENTROPY; POLYMER;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; COOLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 49449083750     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159655     Document Type: Article

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