Performance of electroactive poly(vinylidene fluoride) against UV radiation

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 818-822

  Botelho, G ^a   Silva, M M ^a   Goncalves A M ^a   Sencadas, V ^a   Serrado Nunes, J ^a   Lanceros Mendez, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; DSC; Photodegradation; PVDF

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LAMPS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

CRYSTALLINITY; DSC; PVDF; UV RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 51249118710     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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