Electrospinning short polymer micro-fibres with average aspect ratios in the range of 10-200

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2515-2522

  Luo, C J ^a   Stride, E ^a   Stoyanov, S ^b   Pelan, E ^b   Edirisinghe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Electrospinning; Molecular weight; Polymethylsilsesquioxane; Short fibre; Solvent

Indexed keywords

BINARY SOLVENT SYSTEMS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBRE LENGTH; POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE; SECONDARY PROCESS; SECONDARY PROCESSING; SHORT FIBRE; SOLVENT SYSTEM; SPINNING CONDITIONS; ULTRA-FINES; ULTRAFINE;

ACETONE; ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROSPINNING; METHANOL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84855602577     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-011-9667-6     Document Type: Article

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