Fabrication and characterization of 1-D alumina (Al2O 3) n nanofibers in an electric field

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Azad, A M ^a   Noibi, M ^a   Ramachandran, M ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina nanofibers; Electron microscopy; Electrospinning; Raman spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INORGANIC-ORGANIC COMPOSITE; LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIME-TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 34547177255     PISSN: 02397528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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