Production of core/shell fibers by electrospinning from a free surface

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 250-259

  Forward, Keith M ^a,b   Flores, Alexander ^a   Rutledge, Gregory C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial electrospinning; Core shell fiber; Free surface electrospinning; Needleless electrospinning

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY;

COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING; CONTROLLED EVAPORATION; CORE-SHELL FIBERS; ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; FREE SURFACES; MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; MASS TRANSPORT MODEL; SUBMICRON DIAMETERS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84884789046     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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