Preparation of poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) nanofibers by electrospinning from isotropic and biphasic liquid crystal solutions

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-365

  Tsuboi, Kazuma ^a   Marcelletti, Erika ^b   Matsumoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Ashizawa, Minoru ^a   Minagawa, Mie ^a   Furuya, Hidemine ^a   Tanioka, Akihiko ^a   Abe, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrospinning; lyotropic liquid crystal polymer; nanofiber; poly( benzyl L glutamate)

Indexed keywords

BI-PHASIC SOLUTIONS; BIPHASIC; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER AXIS; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTROPIC SOLUTIONS; LCP FIBER; LIQUID CRYSTAL SOLUTIONS; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; LYOTROPICS; ORDERED STRUCTURES; POLARIZED MICRO-RAMAN; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPINNING SOLUTION; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DICHLOROMETHANE; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84859611080     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.137     Document Type: Article

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