Why ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride is special

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1028-1035

  Poulsen, Matthew ^a   Ducharme, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

ferroelectric polymers; ferroelectricity; Trifluoroethylene; vinylidene fluoride

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CONFORMATIONAL FLEXIBILITY; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; MOLECULAR DIPOLE MOMENT; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; STERIC HINDRANCES; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRICITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77955576616     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5539671     Document Type: Article

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