Polycaprolactone/chitosan blend nanofibres electrospun from an acetic acid/formic acid solvent system

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1221-1226

  Van Der Schueren, Lien ^a   Steyaert, Iline ^a   De Schoenmaker, Bert ^a   De Clerck, Karen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blend; Chitosan; Fibre morphology; Nanofibre; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLVENTS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BLEND; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; NANO-FIBROUS; NOVEL SOLVENTS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SOLVENT MIXTURES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; ULTRAFINE;

ELECTROSPINNING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOFIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SOLVENTS;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 84859436509     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.01.085     Document Type: Article

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