Preparation and characterization of electrospun pullulan/montmorillonite nanofiber mats in aqueous solution

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-342

  Karim, Mohammad Rezaul ^a,b   Lee, Hyun Woo ^a   Kim, Ran ^a   Ji, Byung Chul ^a   Cho, Jin Won ^a   Son, Tae Won ^c   Oh, Weontae ^d   Yeum, Jeong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Montmorillonite; Nanofiber mats; Pullulan

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; MATRIX; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; NANOFIBER MATS; PULLULAN; TEM; THERMAL STABILITY; WEIGHT RATIOS; XRD ANALYSIS; XRD PATTERNS;

CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENAMELS; NANOFIBERS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650995836     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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