Size also matters in biodegradable composite microfiber reinforced by Chitosan nanofibers

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1621, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pinho, Elisabete D ^a   Martins, Albino ^a   Araújo, José V ^a   Reis, Rui L ^a   Neves, Nuno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biomaterial; composite; fiber

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; CHITOSAN; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; REINFORCEMENT;

ACCELERATED KINETICS; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CHITOSAN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHITOSAN; COMPOSITES; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84898007943     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2014.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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