1st Edition

Ferroelectric Polymers Chemistry: Physics, and Applications

Edited By Hari Singh Nalwa Copyright 1995
    912 Pages
    by CRC Press

    912 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This work covers the chemistry and physics of polymeric materials and their uses in the fields of electronics, photonics, and biomedical engineering. It discusses the relationship between polymeric supermolecular structures and ferroelectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties.

    Part 1 Ferroelectric Polymers: Polymer Electrets; Crystal Structures and Phase Transitions of PVDF and Related Copolymers; Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, and Piezoelectric Properties of Poly(vinylidene Fluoride); PVDF and Its Blends; Poly(trifluoroethylene); Ferroelectric Nylons; Cyanopolymers; Polyureas and Polythioureas; Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity; Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal (FLC) Polymers; Polymer-Ferroelectric Ceramic Composites; Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ferroelectric Polymers Dielectric Properties of Ferroelectric Polymers. Part 2 Applications; Pyroelectric Applications; Electromechanical Applications; Transduction Applications; Ferroelectric Optical Memory; Biomedical and Robotic Applications of Ferroelectric Polymers; Applications of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Polymers.

    Biography

    Hari Singh Nalwa