Chemical-resistant Ultrafine Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) Fibers by Electrospinning: Process Optimization by Design of Experiment

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 407-421

  Senthil, T ^a   George, Gibin ^a   Anandhan, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Poly(styrene co acrylonitrile); Ultrafine fiber

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; INCREASING SOLUTIONS; POLY(STYRENE-CO-ACRYLONITRILE); PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; STANDARD DEVIATION OF FIBER DIAMETER; ULTRA-FINE FIBERS;

FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84875135567     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2012.755546     Document Type: Article

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