Local mechanical properties of electrospun fibers correlate to their internal nanostructure

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5056-5062

  Camposeo, Andrea ^a,b   Greenfeld, Israel ^c   Tantussi, Francesco ^d,e   Pagliara, Stefano ^a,g   Moffa, Maria ^a,b   Fuso, Francesco ^d,e   Allegrini, Maria ^d,e   Zussman, Eyal ^c   Pisignano, Dario ^a,b,f  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; Nanofibers; near field microscopy; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL NANOFIBERS; LOCAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEAR FIELD MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84887847370     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4033439     Document Type: Article

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