Enhanced electrocaloric effect in poly(vinylidene fluoride- trifluoroethylene)-based terpolymer/copolymer blends

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Xiang Zhong ^a,b   Qian, Xiao Shi ^a   Li, Xinyu ^a   Lu, S G ^a   Gu, Hai Ming ^a   Lin, Minren ^a   Shen, Qun Dong ^b   Zhang, Q M ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLINITIES; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); RANDOM DEFECTS; RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

PYROELECTRICITY;

EID: 84862127974     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4722932     Document Type: Article

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