Fast discharge speed in poly(vinylidene fluoride) graft copolymer dielectric films achieved by confined ferroelectricity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Guan, Fangxiao ^a   Yuan, Zhongzhe ^a   Shu, Essay W ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; DEFECT DENSITY; DIELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES;

CRYSTALLINE-AMORPHOUS INTERFACES; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRIC POLING; FAST DISCHARGES; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH PULSE RATES; LOW LOSS; MAIN CHAINS; NANOSCALE CONFINEMENTS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; SIDE CHAINS; SPACE CHARGES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 59849093400     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3079332     Document Type: Article

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