Parameter study of electrospinning of polyamide-6

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3067-3079

  Heikkilä, Pirjo ^a   Harlin, Ali ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Morphology; Nanofibres; Parameter Study; Polyamide; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NOZZLES; POLYMERS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; HORIZONTAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBRES; ORTHOGONAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PARAMETER STUDIES; PARAMETER STUDY; POLYAMIDE; POLYMER GRADES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION RATES; PRODUCTIVITY; SALT CONTENT; SOLUTION PARAMETERS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 52949098699     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.06.032     Document Type: Article

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