Polymer nanofibers assembled by electrospinning

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-75

  Frenot, Audrey ^a   Chronakis, Ioannis S ^a  

^a Swedish Institute for Fibre and Polymer Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biopolymer fibers; Blends; Electrified fluid jet; Electrospinning; Electrospun; Nanofibers; Nanostructured material; Nanotechnology; Polymer fibers

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTROSTATICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLUTIONS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ELECTROSPINNING;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOPOLYMER; GOLD DERIVATIVE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; MACHINE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038037848     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00004-9     Document Type: Review

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