Influence of the molecular weight of chitosan on the spinnability of chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) blend nanofibers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2507-2513

  Homayoni, Homa ^a   Ravandi, Seyed Abdolkarim Hosseini ^a   Valizadeh, Masoumeh ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blends; Fibers; Polysaccharides; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; BLENDS; CHEMICAL NATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED STUDIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-VOLTAGE; LONG CHAINS; SPINNABILITY; SURFACE POROSITY; TREATMENT TIME; VINYLALCOHOL;

ALKALINITY; BIOPOLYMERS; BLENDING; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTROSPINNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFIBERS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VISCOSITY;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

ALKALI TREATMENT; BIOPOLYMER; BLEND; CHITOSAN; ELECTROSPINNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFIBER; PLASTICIZING AGENT; POLYMER BLEND; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SOLVENT; SPINNABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67649974638     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.30148     Document Type: Article

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