An angled robotic dual-nozzle electrospinning set-up for preparing PU/PA6 composite fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Park, Chan Hee ^a   Kim, Chae Hwa ^a   Pant, Hem Raj ^a   Tijing, Leonard D ^a,b   yu, mi Hwa ^a   Kim, Yonjig ^a   Kim, Cheol Sang ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

composites; electrospinning; multi nozzle; nanofiber; polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NOZZLES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE FIBERS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROSPINING; ELECTROSPUN MATS; NOZZLE SYSTEMS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POWER SUPPLY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE;

ELECTROSPINNING;

COMPOSITES; NOZZLES; POLYMERS; ROBOTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84872309161     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512461685     Document Type: Article

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