Enhancement of β phase crystallization and dielectric behavior of kaolinite/halloysite modified poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin films

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-159

  Thakur, Pradip ^a   Kool, Arpan ^a   Bagchi, Biswajoy ^b   Das, Sukhen ^a   Nandy, Papiya ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Clay mineral; Dielectric properties; Interfacial polarization; PVDF; Phase

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; INTERFACIAL POLARIZATION; LARGE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PVDF; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; X-RAY DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM;

FLUORIDE MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; HALLOYSITE; KAOLINITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER;

EID: 84906941821     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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