Direct electrospinning of highly twisted, continuous nanofiber yarns

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-88

  Ali, Usman ^a   Zhou, Yaqiong ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a   Lin, Tong ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

electrospinning; microstructures; nanofibers; polymeric materials; yarns

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CARBON NANOTUBE YARNS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; FABRICATING PROCESS; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; HOLLOW NANOFIBERS; NANO-FIBROUS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ROTATING SPEED; VERSATILE METHODS; WITHDRAWAL RATE; YARN PRODUCTION; YARN TWIST;

ELECTROSPINNING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; WOOL;

YARN;

EID: 84863229521     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2011.552254     Document Type: Article

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