Aerosol filtration using electrospun cellulose acetate fibers

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 204-217

  Chattopadhyay, Saptarshi ^a   Hatton, T Alan ^a   Rutledge, Gregory C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; CELLULOSE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FORECASTING; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE;

BLOCKING FILTRATION LAWS; CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBERS; CELLULOSE ACETATES; COMMERCIAL GLASS FIBERS; CONVENTIONAL FILTERS; GLASS FIBER FILTERS; MICROFIBER FILTERS; PENETRATING PARTICLE SIZES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84946493080     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9286-4     Document Type: Article

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