Enhancing dielectric breakdown strength: Structural relaxation of amorphous polymers and nanocomposites

MRS Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-210

  Grabowski, Christopher A ^a,b   Koerner, Hilmar ^a   Vaia, Richard A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ESTERS; GLASS; GLASS INDUSTRY; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; ENTHALPIC RECOVERY; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL AGING; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL HISTORY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84946482520     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2015.29     Document Type: Article

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