Superior piezoelectric composite films: Taking advantage of carbon nanomaterials

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Saber, Nasser ^a   Araby, Sherif ^a   Meng, Qingshi ^a   Hsu, Hung Yao ^a   Yan, Cheng ^b   Azari, Sara ^a   Lee, Sang Heon ^a   Xu, Yanan ^b   Ma, Jun ^a   Yu, Sirong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

graphene platelets; multi walled carbon nanotubes; piezoelectric composites; poling; sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; POLING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPOSITE FILMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATELETS; REINFORCEMENT; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SENSORS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84891844917     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/4/045501     Document Type: Article

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