Formation, morphology and internal structure of one-dimensional nanostructures of the ferroelectric polymer P(VDF-TrFE)

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2737-2744

  Shingne, Nitin ^a,b   Geuss, Markus ^b   Hartmann Azanza, Brigitte ^c   Steinhart, Martin ^c   Thurn Albrecht, Thomas ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary wetting; PVDF TrFE; Templated nanostructures

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANODIC OXIDATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FERROELECTRICITY; NANORODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; WETTING; X RAY SCATTERING; YARN;

CAPILLARY WETTING; DOMINANT ORIENTATION; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATES; PVDF-TRFE; TEMPLATED; THIN WALLED NANOTUBES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

EID: 84876948092     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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