Investigation of polyacrylonitrile electrospun nanofibres morphology as a function of polymer concentration, viscosity and Berry number

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-426

  Nasouri, K ^a   Shoushtari, A M ^a   Kaflou, A ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; ELECTROSPINNABILITY; ELECTROSPUNS; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POWER LAW EQUATION; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SOLUTION PROPERTY; SOLUTION VISCOSITY;

CURVE FITTING; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; FRUITS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS;

VISCOSITY;

N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANOFIBER; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROSPINNING; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84866856460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2012.0054     Document Type: Article

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