Enhanced ferroelectric and pyroelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) with addition of graphene oxides

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2014, Pages

  Jiang, Z Y ^a   Zheng, G P ^a   Han, Z ^a,b   Liu, Y Z ^a   Yang, J H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FERROELECTRICITY; GRAPHENE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DIELECTRIC SPECTRA; GRAPHENE OXIDES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PYROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; STRONG INTERACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84901989851     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4878935     Document Type: Article

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