Universal Ferroelectric Switching Dynamics of Vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene Copolymer Films
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Hu, W. J., Juo, D.-M., You, L., Wang, J., Chen, Y.-C., Chu, Y.-H., & Wu, T. (2014). Universal Ferroelectric Switching Dynamics of Vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene Copolymer Films. Scientific Reports, 4(1).

Authors 7
  1. Wei Jin Hu (first)
  2. Deng-Ming Juo (additional)
  3. Lu You (additional)
  4. Junling Wang (additional)
  5. Yi-Chun Chen (additional)
  6. Ying-Hao Chu (additional)
  7. Tom Wu (additional)
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@article{Hu_2014, title={Universal Ferroelectric Switching Dynamics of Vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene Copolymer Films}, volume={4}, ISSN={2045-2322}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep04772}, DOI={10.1038/srep04772}, number={1}, journal={Scientific Reports}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Hu, Wei Jin and Juo, Deng-Ming and You, Lu and Wang, Junling and Chen, Yi-Chun and Chu, Ying-Hao and Wu, Tom}, year={2014}, month=apr }