Morphology, phase separation, thermal and mechanical property differences of shape memory fibres prepared by different spinning methods

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1192-1197

  Meng, Qinghao ^a   Hu, Jinlian ^a   Zhu, Yong ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   Liu, Yan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELT SPINNING; PHASE SEPARATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPINNING (FIBERS); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BREAKING ELONGATION; HARD SEGMENT CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY DIFFERENCES; WET SPINNING METHOD;

SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

EID: 34547475034     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/4/030     Document Type: Article

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