Dynamics and morphology development in electrospun fibers driven by concentration sweeps

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Dayal, Pratyush ^a   Kyu, Thein ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EVAPORATION; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONCENTRATION SWEEP; LIQUID-LIQUID DEMIXING; TIME-EVOLUTION EQUATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EVAPORATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 35848945449     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2800277     Document Type: Article

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