Controlling electrospun nanofiber morphology and mechanical properties using humidity

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 1734-1744

  Huang, Liwei ^a   Bui, Nhu Ngoc ^a   Manickam, Seetha S ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

electrospinning; mechanical strength; nonwoven; porous nanofibers; relative humidity

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER MAT; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FIBER SPINNING; HIGH HUMIDITY; IN-FIBER; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANO SCALE; NON-SOLVENTS; NON-WOVEN; PAN FIBER; POLYMERIC FIBERS; POROUS NANOFIBERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE PORES;

DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 80755169516     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22371     Document Type: Article

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