Relaxor ferroelectric polymers-fundamentals and applications

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-191

  Chen, Qin ^a   Ren, Kailiang ^a   Chu, Baojin ^a   Liu, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a   Bobnar, Vid ^b   Levstik, A ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROETHYLENE; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ELECTRIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; MATRIX; P COPOLYMERS; RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; ZNS NANOPARTICLES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; HARVESTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TERPOLYMERS; ZINC SULFIDE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 65149092571     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190701454891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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