Carbon Nanotubes Enhanced Fluorinated Polyurethane Macroporous Membranes for Waterproof and Breathable Application

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13538-13546

  Li, Yang ^a   Zhu, Zhigao ^a   Yu, Jianyong ^a   Ding, Bin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrospinning; macroporous membrane; terminal fluorinated polyurethane; waterproof and breathable

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; POLYURETHANES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATERPROOFING; YARN;

BURSTING STRENGTHS; ELECTROSPUN COMPOSITE; FLUORINATED POLYURETHANE; MACROPOROUS MEMBRANES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SURFACE WETTABILITY; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84932637393     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02848     Document Type: Article

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