Silicone dielectric elastomers based on radical crosslinked high molecular weight polydimethylsiloxane co-filled with silica and barium titanate

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6822-6832

  Bele, Adrian ^a   Stiubianu, George ^a   Varganici, Cristian Dragos ^a   Ignat, Mircea ^b   Cazacu, Maria ^a  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; ELASTOMERS; PERMITTIVITY; SILICA; STRAIN; STRESSES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; HIGH MOLECULAR MASS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MECHANICAL IMPULSE; SILICONE COMPOSITES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

SILICONES;

EID: 84938825776     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9239-y     Document Type: Article

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