Fibers spun from polysaccharides

Handbook of Carbohydrate Polymers: Development, Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-43

  Kong, Lingyan ^a   Ziegler, Gregory R ^a   Bhosale, Rajesh ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FOSSIL FUELS; HYALURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TEXTILE BLENDS;

COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES; CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; FIBER PROPERTIES; FIBROUS MATERIAL; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84865027687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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