Effect of fiber diameter on tensile properties of electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone)

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4713-4722

  Wong, Shing Chung ^a   Baji, Avinash ^a   Leng, Siwei ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOFIBERS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; POLY (EPSILONCAPROLACTONE); STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS; TENSILE PERFORMANCE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROSPINNING;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER DIAMETER; MANUFACTURED FIBER; NANOFIBER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 52949144224     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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