Vibrational properties of ferroelectric β -vinylidene fluoride polymers and oligomers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Nakhmanson, Serge M ^a   Korlacki, R ^b   Johnston, J Travis ^b   Ducharme, Stephen ^b   Ge, Zhongxin ^b   Takacs, James M ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 77955436265     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.174120     Document Type: Article

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