Dramatically improved piezoelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites by incorporating aligned TiO2@MWCNTs

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 259-267

  Yang, Lu ^a   Ji, Hongli ^a   Zhu, Kongjun ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Qiu, Jinhao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BREAKDOWN STRENGTHS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ORIENTED STRUCTURE; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) COMPOSITES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84953792404     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.11.032     Document Type: Article

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