Nanostructured nanofibers based on PBT and POSS: Effect of POSS on the alignment and macromolecular orientation of the nanofibers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Cozza, Erika Simona ^a   Ma, Qian ^b   Monticelli, Orietta ^a   Cebe, Peggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Electrospinning; PBT; POSS

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; CAST FILM; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFECT-FREE; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FIBER ALIGNMENT; MACROMOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NANO-FIBROUS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PBT; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILESQUIOXANE; POLYMERIC SOLUTION; POLYMORPHIC BEHAVIOR; POROUS FILM; POSS; POST-DEPOSITION; REAL TIME; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SILSESQUIOXANES; SUBMICRON; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTERING; WELL-ALIGNED;

ALIGNMENT; BUTENES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; MACROMOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84872352637     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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