Highly aligned narrow diameter chitosan electrospun nanofibers

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Haider, Sajjad ^a   Al Zeghayer, Yousef ^a   Ahmed Ali, Fekri A ^a   Haider, Adnan ^b   Mahmood, Asif ^a   Al Masry, Waheed A ^a   Imran, Muhammad ^a   Aijaz, Muhammad Omer ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aligned; Chitosan; Fine diameter; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ELECTROSPINNING; FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NANOFIBERS; NEEDLES;

ALIGNED; CONCENTRATION OF SOLUTIONS; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FINE DIAMETER; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 84874643690     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-013-0105-9     Document Type: Article

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