Preparation of poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(trimethylene carbonate) blend nanofibers by electrospinning

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Han, Jie ^a   Branford White, Christopher J ^b   Zhu, Li Min ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; PCL; PTMC

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CAPROLACTONE; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANO SCALE; PCL; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE); PTMC;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

EID: 70349874778     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.07.052     Document Type: Article

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