Intrinsic electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers: Roles of order of phase transition and stresses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Li, B ^a   Ren, W J ^a   Wang, X W ^a   Meng, H ^a   Liu, X G ^a   Wang, Z J ^a   Zhang, Z D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE; FIRST-ORDER; ISOTHERMAL ENTROPY CHANGE; LANDAU-DEVONSHIRE THEORY; MAGNETOCALORIC; PARAELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); PYROELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; REFRIGERANT CAPACITY; SECOND ORDER TRANSITION; SECOND ORDERS;

FERROELECTRICITY; PYROELECTRICITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77949714177     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3353989     Document Type: Article

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