Poly(ε-caprolactone) filled with electrospun nylon fibres: A model for a facile composite fabrication

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 968-976

  Neppalli, Ramesh ^a   Marega, Carla ^a   Marigo, Antonio ^a   Bajgai, Madhab Prasad ^b   Kim, Hak Yong ^b   Causin, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Composites; Electrospinning; Filler; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

CAPROLACTONE; COMPOSITE FABRICATION; COMPOSITES; ELECTROSPUNS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FILLER CONTENTS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LAMELLAR STACK; MATRIX; NYLON FIBRE; NYLON-6; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE; REINFORCING AGENT; SMALL-DIAMETER;

COMPRESSION MOLDING; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; RAYON;

FILLERS;

EID: 77950861256     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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