Solvent degradation of nylon-6 and its effect on fiber morphology of electrospun mats

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1984-1988

  Nam, Ki Taek ^a   Pant, Hem Raj ^a,b   Jeong, Jin Won ^a   Pant, Bishweshwar ^a   Kim, Byeong Il ^c   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Huvis Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degradation; Electrospinning; Nylon 6; True nano fibers

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLVENTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MALDI-TOF; NYLON-6; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; TIME INTERVAL; XRD;

ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FORMIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; SOLVENTS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 80053366686     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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