Nanodroplet formation and exclusive homogenously nucleated crystallization in confined electrospun immiscible polymer blend fibers of polystyrene and poly(ethylene oxide)

Polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5397-5402

  Zhong, Ganji ^a,b   Wang, Ke ^a,c   Zhang, Lifeng ^c   Li, Zhong Ming ^a   Fong, Hao ^c   Zhu, Lei ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospun fibers; Homogeneous nucleation; Immiscible polymer blend

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTROSPINNING; ETHYLENE; FIBERS; GLASS TRANSITION; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE;

BROAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; FRACTIONATED CRYSTALLIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); RAYLEIGH-PLATEAU INSTABILITY;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

EID: 80455176851     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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