Modeling of melt electrospinning for semi-crystalline polymers

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 274-290

  Zhmayev, Eduard ^a   Cho, Daehwan ^a   Joo, Yong Lak ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow induced crystallization; Melt electrospinning; Nylon 6

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROSPINNING; ISOTHERMS; POLYAMIDES; RAYON;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONFINED GEOMETRIES; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT ELECTROSPINNING; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; NYLON-6; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

POLYMER MELTS;

CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBER DIAMETER; JET; MELT SPINNING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NYLON 66; POLYMER; POLYMER MELT; SIZE;

EID: 72249091011     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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