Fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride tree-like nanofiber via one-step electrospinning

Materials and Design

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-101

  Li, Zongjie ^a   Xu, Yongzheng ^a   Fan, Lanlan ^a   Kang, Weimin ^a   Cheng, Bowen ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Polyvinylidene fluoride; Tree like

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; TREE-LIKE; TREE-LIKE STRUCTURES;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84954548717     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.12.037     Document Type: Article

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