Fabrication of polylactide/poly(ε-caprolactone) blend fibers by electrospinning: Morphology and orientation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3682-3691

  Lu, Liangliang ^a,b   Wu, Defeng ^a,b   Zhang, Ming ^a,b   Zhou, Weidong ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Provincial Key Laboratories of Environmental Engineering and Materials   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYESTERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEXTILE BLENDS;

AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS; DEGREE OF ORDER; DISCRETE PHASE; DROPLET STRUCTURE; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; MACROSCOPIC FIBERS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84862026489     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2028969     Document Type: Article

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