Joint Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Polymorphs

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4888-4897

  Milani, Alberto ^a   Castiglioni, Chiara ^a   Radice, Stefano ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Solvay Specialty Polymers RandD Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84927623400     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b00161     Document Type: Article

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