Ferroelectric Polymers

Reflecting the explosion of information in the science of polar polymers - in both novel materials and industrial applications - this outstanding reference covers the chemistry and physics of polymeric materials and their uses in the fields of electronics, photonics, and biomedical engineering.
Discussing the relationship between polymeric supermolecular structures and ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and pyroelectric properties, Ferroelectric Polymers presents up-to-the-minute examinations of electronic and photonic polymers ... details thermally stimulated depolarization measurement techniques, theoretical approaches, and organic molecular and polymeric materials ... describes preparative methods, processing, spectroscopic characterization, and chemical, physical, and electrical properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride), its copolymers, and blends ... reviews current developments in polar polymers of nylons, cyanopolymers, urea and thiourea polymers, biopolymers, ferroelectric liquid crystal polymers, and polymer-ferroelectric ceramic composites ... addresses nonlinear optical interactions and dielectric properties in ferroelectric polymers ... and much more.
With over 2000 bibliographic citations and nearly 1000 tables, drawings, photographs, and equations, Ferroelectric Polymers is an incomparable resource for polymer scientists; plastics, materials, electronics, biomedical, chemical, and aerospace engineers; physical, surface, and electrochemists; ceramists; solid-state physicists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.