A modified coaxial electrospinning for preparing fibers from a high concentration polymer solution

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 732-741

  Yu, D G ^a   Branford White, C ^b   White, K ^b   Chatterton, N P ^b   Zhu, L M ^a   Huang, L Y ^a   Wang, B ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaxial electrospinning; Polymer fibers; Processing technologies; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957968755     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.71     Document Type: Article

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