Electrospinning hollow and core/sheath nanofibers using hydrodynamic fluid focusing

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Srivastava, Yasmin ^a   Rhodes, Christopher ^a   Marquez, Manuel ^b,c,d   Thorsen, Todd ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Electrospinning; Hydrodynamic; Microfluidics; Nanofiber

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS;

COMPOSITE; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDRODYNAMIC; HYDRODYNAMIC FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFIBER; POLYVINYL-PYRROLIDONE;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 50649113041     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0285-5     Document Type: Article

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