Effect of relative humidity on the morphology of electrospun polymer fibers

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 590-599

  Medeiros, Eliton S ^a   Mattoso, Luiz H C ^b   Offeman, Richard D ^a   Wood, Delilah F ^a   Orts, William J ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Polymers; Porous fibers; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ESTERS; EVAPORATION; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

2 ,2 ,2-TRIFLUOROETHANOL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN POLYMERS; POROUS FIBERS; RATE OF SOLVENT EVAPORATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SOLVENT EVAPORATION;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 44949090372     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/V08-029     Document Type: Article

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