Interfacial Polarization-Induced Loss Mechanisms in Polypropylene/BaTiO3 Nanocomposite Dielectrics

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 4646-4660

  Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Brannum, Daniel ^a   Dong, Daxuan ^a   Tang, Longxiang ^b   Allahyarov, Elshad ^a,c,d   Tang, Saide ^a   Kodweis, Karl ^e   Lee, Je Kyun ^f   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^e LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Agiltron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; DISCHARGED ENERGY DENSITIES; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; HIGH ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; INTERFACIAL POLARIZATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NANOCOMPOSITE DIELECTRICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84978438762     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01383     Document Type: Article

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