An alternative solvent system for the steady state electrospinning of polycaprolactone

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1256-1263

  Van Der Schueren, Lien ^a   De Schoenmaker, Bert ^a   Kalaoglu, Özlem I ^a   De Clerck, Karen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofibres; Polycaprolactone; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC POLYESTER; ALTERNATIVE SOLVENTS; DIAMETER CHARACTERISTIC; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; MEDICAL FIELDS; MICRO-SCALES; NANOFIBRES; NANOSCALE RANGES; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SOLVENT MIXTURES; SOLVENT SYSTEM; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FORMIC ACID; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 79955895931     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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