Thermal and mechanical properties of electrospun PMMA, PVC, Nylon 6, and Nylon 6,6

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-130

  Carrizales, Clarisa ^a   Pelfrey, Sean ^a   Rincon, Roman ^a   Eubanks, Thomas M ^a   Kuang, Anxiu ^a   McClure, Michael J ^b   Bowlin, Gary L ^b   Macossay, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Nanofibers; Nanotechnology; SEM; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NYLON POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

FIBER-BEAD FREE MORPHOLOGY; PEAK STRESS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSPINNING; GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NYLON POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBER; NYLON 6; NYLON 66; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 40049099125     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.981     Document Type: Article

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