Manufacture and characterization of poly (butylene terephthalate) nanofibers by electrospinning

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 833-842

  Forouharshad, Mehdi ^a   Saligheh, Omid ^a   Arasteh, Rouhollah ^a   Farsani, Reza Eslami ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Morphology; Poly (butylene terephthalate); Thermal behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING VOLTAGES; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; NANOFIBER MATS; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RANDOM FIBERS; SEM; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIOR; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

BUTENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 77953643502     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222341003609377     Document Type: Article

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