Using the Box-Benkhen design (BBD) to minimize the diameter of electrospun titanium dioxide nanofibers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 116-125

  Ray, Srimanta ^a   Lalman, Jerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box Benkhen design (BBD); Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Optimizing; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BOX-BENKHEN DESIGN (BBD); ELECTROSPUNS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FIBER DIAMETERS; IMMOBILIZED TIO; OPTIMIZING; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; TIO;

DESIGN; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSPINNING; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 79955026614     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.061     Document Type: Article

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