A theoretical analysis and prediction of pore size and pore size distribution in electrospun multilayer nanofibrous materials

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 101 A, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2107-2117

  Bagherzadeh, Roohollah ^a   Najar, Saeed Shaikhzadeh ^a   Latifi, Masoud ^a   Tehran, Mohammad Amani ^a   Kong, Lingxue ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fiber to fiber contact; nanofiber; nanofibrous structures; pore size; pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; NANO-FIBROUS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROBABILITY APPROACH; STATISTICAL THEORY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FORECASTING; MULTILAYERS; NANOFIBERS;

PORE SIZE;

NANOFIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; THICKNESS; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE;

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARY TUBING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84878314505     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34487     Document Type: Article

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