Rheological aspects in fabricating pullulan fibers by electro-wet-spinning

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 220-226

  Kong, Lingyan ^a   Ziegler, Gregory R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro wet spinning; Electrospinning; Fiber; Nanofiber; Pullulan; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; PORE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR VISCOSITY; SOLVENTS; WEAVING;

ELECTRO-WET-SPINNING; ELECTROSPINNABILITY; FIBER SIZES; MICROSCALE AND NANOSCALE; NANOSCALE FIBERS; NON-WOVEN; PULLULANS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; WATER MIXTURE; WET-SPINNING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84891810835     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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