A simulation study of the electrostriction effects in dielectric elastomer composites containing polarizable inclusions with different spatial distributions

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 32479-32497

  Allahyarov, Elshad ^a,b,c,d   Löwen, Hartmut ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^d BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

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EID: 84948844906     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05522a     Document Type: Article

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