Design of ultra-fine nonwovens via electrospinning of Nylon 6: Spinning parameters and filtration efficiency

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3659-3666

  Zhang, Shu ^a   Shim, Woo Sub ^a   Kim, Jooyoun ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol collection efficiency; Filtration; Nanofibre; Nylon 6; Pressure crop

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; ELECTROSPUN; FEED-RATES; FILTER MEDIA; FILTERING PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION AREA; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; NANOFIBRE; NANOWEB; NON-WOVEN; NONWOVENS; NYLON 6; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SPINNING CONDITIONS; SPINNING PARAMETERS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TIP-TO-COLLECTOR DISTANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CROPS; FIBERS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NANOFIBERS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYAMIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; RAYON; WEAVING;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 67349237458     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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