Super hydrophilic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composite fibrous mats with improved mechanical properties prepared via electrospinning process

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 417-424

  Li, Guihe ^a   Zhao, Yuming ^a   Lv, Mengqing ^a   Shi, Yan ^a   Cao, Ding ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite fibrous mat; Electrospinning; Mechanical property; PET; Water flux; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); SUPERHYDROPHILIC PROPERTY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WATER FLUX; WETTING PERFORMANCE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

HYDROPHILICITY;

NANOFIBER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE FIBROUS MAT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTACT ANGLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; EVAPORATION; FIBER; FILTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WATER FLOW; WETTABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84881504669     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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