Electrospun nanofibers for air filtration applications

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-163

  Sundarrajan, Subramanian ^a   Tan, Kwong Luck ^a   Lim, Soon Huat ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^b  

^a Institute of Technical Education College East   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerosol Removal; Air Filtration; Nanofibers; Nanotechnology; Protective Clothing Applications

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AEROSOLS; CARBON; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL FILTRATION; AEROSOL REMOVAL; AIR FILTRATION; CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ENHANCED FILTRATION; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 84906769043     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.11.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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