Nanometre diameter fibres of polymer, produced by electrospinning

Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-223

  Reneker, Darrell H ^a   Chun, Iksoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION; VACUUM;

ELECTROSPINNING; NANOMETER SCALE DIAMETERS; POLYMER MELTS;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 0030232761     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/7/3/009     Document Type: Article

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