A review on polymer nanofibers by electrospinning and their applications in nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2223-2253

  Huang, Zheng Ming ^a   Zhang, Y Z ^b   Kotaki, M ^b   Ramakrishna, S ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrospinning

Indexed keywords

POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

NANOFIBERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER MANUFACTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER;

EID: 0141683910     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00178-7     Document Type: Article

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