Fabrication of poly(lactic acid)-poly(ethylene oxide) electrospun membranes with controlled micro to nanofiber sizes

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6746-6753

  Ribeiro, C ^a   Sencadas, V ^a   Caparros, C ^a   Ribelles, J L Gómez ^b,c,d   Lanceros Mendez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Electrospinning; Membranes; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; FIBER DIAMETERS; L-LACTIDE; NANOFIBER MEMBRANE; PLLA; POLY LACTIC ACID; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SELECTIVE REMOVAL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; LACTIC ACID; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

MEMBRANES;

LACTIC ACID; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOFIBER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LACTIC ACID; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84865133355     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.4544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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