Determination of the parameters affecting electrospun chitosan fiber size distribution and morphology

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1295-1301

  Sencadas, V ^a   Correia, D M ^a   Areias, A ^a   Botelho, G ^a   Fonseca, A M ^a   Neves, I C ^a   Gomez Ribelles, J L ^b,c,d   Lanceros Mendez, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Processing

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CHITOSAN FIBERS; CHITOSAN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER MAT; FIBER PROPERTIES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; STABLE FLOWS; SUBMICRON DIAMETERS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS;

CHITOSAN; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; PROCESSING;

FIBERS;

EID: 81255149201     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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