Needleless electrospinning of nanofibers: Technology and applications

Needleless Electrospinning of Nanofibers: Technology and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-192

  Lin, Tong ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; NEEDLES; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ELECTRIC FIELD PROFILES; ELECTROSPINNING SETUPS; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; FIBRE QUALITY; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MASS PRODUCTION; NOZZLE STRUCTURE;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84974535013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4032/9789814316842     Document Type: Book

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