Dynamic wettability and contact angles of poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofiber membranes grafted with acrylic acid

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 551-558

  Huang, F L ^a   Wang, Q Q ^a   Wei, Q F ^a   Gao, W D ^a   Shou, H Y ^b   Jiang, S D ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Textile and Garment Science and Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angles; Electrospinning; Poly (vinylidene fluoride); Polymer membranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955879084     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.69     Document Type: Article

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