Investigation of Electrostrictive Polymer Efficiency for Mechanical Energy Harvesting

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1842-1851

  Cottinet, Pierre Jean ^a   Guyomar, Daniel ^a   Lallart, Mickaël ^a   Guiffard, Benoit ^a   Lebrun, Laurent ^a  

^a University de Lyon   (France)

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EID: 85008545722     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2022     Document Type: Article

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