Relationship between the microstructure and the microscopic piezoelectric response of the α- And β-phases of poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 875-880

  Serrado Nunes, J ^a   Wu, A ^b   Gomes, J ^a,c   Sencadas, V ^a   Vilarinho, P M ^b   Lanceros Mendez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c CeNTI Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESO-SCALE; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTIVITIES; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; PIEZORESPONSE MODES; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PREPARATION METHODS; PYROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPIES; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE; SURFACE RESPONSE;

PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 63949085242     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-009-5089-2     Document Type: Article

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