Controlled formation of poly(ε-caprolactone) ultrathin electrospun nanofibers in a hydrolytic degradation-assisted process

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1331-1336

  Lavielle, Nicolas ^a,b   Popa, Ana Maria ^a   De Geus, Matthijs ^a   Hébraud, Anne ^a   Schlatter, Guy ^a   Thöny Meyer, Linda ^a   Rossi, René M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Degradation model; Electrospinning; Electrospraying; Hydrolytic degradation; Nanofibers; Poly( caprolactone)

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ACIDIC MEDIA; CAPROLACTONE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION MODEL; ELECTROSPRAYING; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84878676213     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.02.038     Document Type: Article

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