Advanced film capacitors require polymers with high thermal stability, high breakdown strength, and low loss for high temperature dielectric applications. To fulfill such requirements, two polymer multilayer film systems were coextruded via the forced assembly technique. High glass transition temperature (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10148937
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Macromolecules
- ISSN:
- 0024-9297
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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