High-temperature ferroelectric behaviors of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer ultrathin films with electroactive interlayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hou, Ying ^a   Zhang, Xiuli ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Xu, Guoqiang ^b   Xu, Haisheng ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Kunshan Hisense Electronics Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE; FERROELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU SYNTHESIZED; INTERLAYER MATERIALS; METAL ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION RESPONSE; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE);

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; STYRENE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84859540287     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3699051     Document Type: Article

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