Analysis of the effects of solution conductivity on electrospinning process and fiber morphology

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1109-1117

  Angammana, Chitral J ^a   Jayaram, Shesha H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; high voltage; nanofibers; solution conductivity

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; HIGH VOLTAGE; JET CURRENTS; JET PATH; MAIN GROUP; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOLUTION CONDUCTIVITY; SOLUTION PROPERTY;

ELECTROSPINNING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 79956340711     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2127431     Document Type: Article

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