Control of inter-fiber fusing for nanofiber webs via electrospinning

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Raghavan, Bharath K ^a   Coffin, Douglas W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FIBERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; FUSED-FIBER; INTEGRATED STRUCTURE; NANO-FIBROUS; NANOFIBER WEBS; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); SINGLE FIBER; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 82755171120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15589250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155892501100600401     Document Type: Article

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