Preparation of chitosan microfibres using electro-wet-spinning and their electroactuation properties

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 607-611

  Lee, Chang Kee ^a   Kim, Seon Jeong ^a,c   Kim, Sun I ^a   Yi, Byung Ju ^b   Han, Seog Young ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COAGULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHANOL; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; CHITOSAN MICROFICHES; ELECTRICAL STIMULUS; ELECTRO-WET-SPINNING;

FIBERS;

EID: 33645032797     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/044     Document Type: Article

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