Effect of successive electrospinning and the strength of hydrogen bond on the morphology of electrospun nylon-6 nanofibers

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 370, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Pant, Hem Raj ^a,b   Bajgai, Madhab Prasad ^c   Yi, Chuan ^a   Nirmala, R ^a   Nam, Ki Taek ^a   Baek, Woo Il ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Hydrogen bonds; Nylon 6; Polyelectrolyte; Spider net

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; RAYON;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FT-IR SPECTRUM; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NANO-SIZE; NET STRUCTURES; NYLON-6; POLYMER MOLECULE; SEM IMAGE; SINGLE POLYMERS; SPIDER-NET;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

MONOMER; NANOFIBER; OLIGOMER; POLICAPRAM; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77957753194     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.051     Document Type: Article

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