Nanotechnology in fibrous materials-a new perspective

Textile Progress

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-120

  Patanaik, Asis ^a,b   Anandjiwala, Rajesh D ^a,b   Rengasamy, R S ^c   Ghosh, Anindya ^d   Pal, Harinder ^e  

^a CSIR Materials Science and Manufacturing   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF TEXTILE AND SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Electrospun nanofibers; Modeling and simulation; Nanocomposites; Nanofibers; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 42149147403     PISSN: 00405167     EISSN: 17542278     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405160701407176     Document Type: Article

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