Design and characterization of electrospun polyamide nanofiber media for air filtration applications

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Matulevicius, Jonas ^a   Kliucininkas, Linas ^a   Martuzevicius, Dainius ^a   Krugly, Edvinas ^a   Tichonovas, Martynas ^a   Baltrusaitis, Jonas ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; POLYAMIDE NANOFIBERS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; TIP-TO-COLLECTOR DISTANCE;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84903625133     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/859656     Document Type: Article

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