Nanoscale investigation of ferroelectric properties in electrospun barium titanate/polyvinylidene fluoride composite fibers using piezoresponse force microscopy

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1435-1440

  Baji, Avinash ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a   Li, Qian ^b   Liu, Yun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; A. Functional composites; A. Nano composites; E. Electro spinning

Indexed keywords

A. FIBERS; BROAD APPLICATION; COMPOSITE FIBERS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DOMAIN SWITCHINGS; E. ELECTRO-SPINNING; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUNS; FERROELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; FIBER AXIS; FIBER MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE EXAMINATION; MINIATURIZED ELECTRONICS; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; WELL-DISPERSED;

BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING; FERROELECTRICITY; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 79960280620     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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