Electromechanical instabilities of thermoplastics: Theory and in situ observation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Qiming ^a   Niu, Xiaofan ^b   Pei, Qibing ^b   Dickey, Michael D ^c   Zhao, Xuanhe ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ELECTRIC FIELD; CRITICAL VALUE; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY; HARDENING PROPERTIES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; ORGANIC CAPACITOR; SQUARE ROOTS; UNDER VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; THERMOPLASTICS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84867496533     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757867     Document Type: Article

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