Production of aligned helical polymer nanofibers by electrospinning

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2838-2844

  Yu, Jie ^a   Qiu, Yejun ^a   Zha, Xiaoxiong ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Yu, Jiliang ^a   Rafique, Javed ^a   Yin, Jing ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alignment; Concentration; Electrospinning; Helical nanofibers; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BUCKLING; ELECTROSPINNING; GLASS; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; SPINNING (FIBERS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALIGNMENT; CONCENTRATION; HELICAL NANOFIBERS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 51049110063     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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