The Effect of Viscosity and Filler on Electrospun Fiber Morphology

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 40 A, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1415-1422

  Drew, Christopher ^a   Wang, Xianyan ^a   Samuelson, Lynne A ^b   Kumar, Jayant ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Inorganic nanoparticle fillers; Nanofibers; Polymer matrix; Spin dope viscosity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VISCOSITY;

ELECTROSPINNING;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

EID: 0242581560     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MA-120025320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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