Polyacrylamide-based material for electrospun humidity-resistant, water-soluble nanofilters

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1276-1285

  Vetcher, Alexandre A ^a,c   Gearheart, Ryan ^a   Morozov, Victor N ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Alcyon Bio Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fibers; Filter; Gas permeation; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDS; DISSOLUTION; GELATION; GELS; METEOROLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOISTURE; NANOFILTRATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; WATER FILTRATION; WAVE FILTERS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CAPTURED PARTICLES; DIETHYL DISULFIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPUN; FIBERS; FILTER; GAS PERMEATION; GEL DISSOLUTION; HIGH HUMIDITY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; NANOFILTERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEW APPROACHES; OPTICAL-; POLYACRYL AMIDES; POLYACRYLAMIDE; WATER SOLUTIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CROSS LINKING; ELECTROSPINNING; FILTER; HUMIDITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

EID: 52949135540     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1124     Document Type: Article

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