The effects of flow rate and the distance between the nozzle and the target on the operating conditions of electrospinning

Journal of Polymer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-86

  Yang, Ying ^a   Jia, Zhidong ^a   Liu, Jianan ^a   Wang, Liming ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electric field distribution; Electric field nonuniformity coefficient; Electrospinning; PEO

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC FIELD NONUNIFORMITY COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; VISCOELASTIC FORCE;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 44449151159     PISSN: 03346447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/POLYENG.2008.28.1-2.67     Document Type: Article

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