Effect of experimental parameters on morphological, mechanical and hydrophobic properties of electrospun polystyrene fibers

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2718-2734

  Huan, Siqi ^a   Liu, Guoxiang ^a   Han, Guangping ^a   Cheng, Wanli ^a   Fu, Zongying ^a   Wu, Qinglin ^b   Wang, Qingwen ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Hydrophobicity; Morphology; Polystyrene nanofiber; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELECTROSPINNING PARAMETERS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN POLYSTYRENE FIBERS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYSTYRENE NANOFIBERS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84930649157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8052718     Document Type: Article

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