Acetone, a Sustainable Solvent for Electrospinning Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Fibres: Effect of Varying Parameters and Solution Concentrations on Fibre Diameter

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 879-886

  Bosworth, Lucy A ^a   Downes, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Electrospinning; Fibres; Parameters; Poly( caprolactone) (PCL); Solution concentration; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMER; CAPROLACTONE; ELECTROSPUNS; END-USES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PARAMETERS; POLYMER MATERIALS; SOLID FORMS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SPINNING PARAMETERS; VARYING PARAMETERS;

ACETONE; ELECTROSPINNING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE;

FIBERS;

ACETONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

EID: 84866450888     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0436-3     Document Type: Article

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