Effect of needle diameter on nanofiber diameter and thermal properties of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate)

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-183

  Macossay, Javier ^a   Marruffo, Alexis ^a   Rincon, Roman ^a   Eubanks, Tom ^a   Kuang, Anxiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibers; Nanotechnology; Poly(methyl methacrylate); SEM; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOFIBERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HEATING CYCLE; NEEDLE DIAMETER;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

ELECTROSPINNING; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOFIBERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER DIAMETER; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEATING; NANOFIBER; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 33947677702     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.844     Document Type: Article

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