Thermal analysis and spectroscopic studies of electrospun nanoscale composite fibers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1237-1242

  Awal, A ^a   Sain, M ^a   Chowdhury, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); Nano composite fibers; Polyethylene oxide; Softwood pulp; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACETYL GROUPS; ACETYLATED WOOD; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; COMPOSITE FIBERS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPUNS; MODIFIED WOOD; NANO SCALE; PEAK INTENSITY; SOFTWOOD PULPS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; WOOD PULP;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; PULP MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD;

ELECTROSPINNING;

COMPOSITES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE; SOFTWOOD PULPS; SPINNING; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD;

EID: 84870783070     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1875-0     Document Type: Article

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