Electrospun poly lactic acid (PLA) fibres: Effect of different solvent systems on fibre morphology and diameter

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4728-4737

  Casasola, R ^a   Thomas, N L ^a   Trybala, A ^a   Georgiadou, S ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chain entanglements; Electrospinning; Nanofibres

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHAINS; ELECTROSPINNING; LACTIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; PRODUCTIVITY; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

BINARY SOLVENT SYSTEMS; CHAIN ENTANGLEMENTS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; ENTANGLEMENT CONCENTRATION; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 84906781103     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.06.032     Document Type: Article

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