Introductory remarks on nanodielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 808-818

  Fréchette, Michel F ^a   Trudeau, Michel L ^a   Alamdari, Houshang D ^b,c   Boily, Sabin ^b  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b Groupe Minutia Inc   (Canada)

^c Nanox Inc Nano Powered Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Insulating materials; Nanodielectrics; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnologies; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON BEAMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

NANODIELECTRICS; NANOMATERIALS; NANOSCALE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 9144265896     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1349786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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