Stretching-induced crystallinity and orientation of polylactic acid nanofibers with improved mechanical properties using an electrically charged rotating viscoelastic jet

polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4303-4318

  Liao, Chia Chun ^a   Wang, Cheng Chien ^b   Chen, Chuh Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Polylactic acid (PLA)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYESTERS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISCOELASTICITY;

CENTRIFUGAL FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE FEATURE; CRYSTALLINITY DEGREE; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY; POLY LACTIC ACID; STRETCHING FORCE;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84862158939     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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