Brilliant Whiteness Surfaces from Electrospun Nanofiber Webs

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 771-779

  Yip, Joanne ^a   ng, Sun Pui ^a   Wong, k H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anti yellowing; electrospinning; nanotechnology; polyurethane foam

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; ETHYLENE; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYURETHANES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

ANTI-YELLOWING; COLLECTION GEOMETRY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE NANOFIBERS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; YELLOWING EFFECTS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

ANTIYELLOWING PROPERTY; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYURETHANE; SOLVENT; WEB; WEB FORMING;

EID: 66649131983     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517509102797     Document Type: Article

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