Improving the optical and electroactive response of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) spin-coated films for sensor and actuator applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cardoso, V F ^a   Costa, C M ^a   Minas, G ^a   Lanceros Mendez, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CONTROLLED THICKNESS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTROACTIVE; FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MICROFIBRILLAR; MICROPOROUS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MOLECULAR CHAINS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; POLING CONDITIONS; POLING TEMPERATURES; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); SENSOR AND ACTUATORS; SPIN-COATED FILMS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

ANNEALING; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LUMINANCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSPARENCY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84864266959     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/8/085020     Document Type: Article

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