Predicting polymorphism of electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride membranes by their morphologies

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-101

  Lei, Tingping ^a   Yu, Lingke ^b   Wang, Lingyun ^b   Yang, Fan ^a   Sun, Daoheng ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; correlation; electrospinning; morphology; polymorphism; PVDF

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FIBERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

BEAD-FREE FIBERS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; ELECTROSPUN MATS; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PVDF;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84919756185     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2014.983853     Document Type: Article

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