Enhanced piezoelectric properties of electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride)/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites due to high β-phase formation in poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11791-11799

  Ahn, Yongjin ^a   Lim, Jun Young ^a   Hong, Soon Man ^b   Lee, Jaerock ^c   Ha, Jongwook ^c   Choi, Hyoung Jin ^d   Seo, Yongsok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALS; ELECTROSPINNING; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84879358647     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4011026     Document Type: Article

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