Electromechanical properties of relaxor ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE-CFE)- P(VDF-CTFE) blends

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-445

  Gorny, Lee J ^a,b   Lu, Sheng Guo ^a,c   Liu, Sheng ^b   Lin, Minren ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC ENERGY DENSITY; ELECTRO MECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUCED POLARIZATION; RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC; STRETCHING DIRECTION; TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84874837232     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2587     Document Type: Article

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