High absorbency cellulose acetate electrospun nanofibers for feminine hygiene application

Applied Materials Today

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-70

  Yadav, Shital ^a   Illa, Mani Pujitha ^a   Rastogi, Tulika ^a   Sharma, Chandra Shekhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cellulose acetate; Electrospinning; Feminine sanitary napkins; Nanofibers; Superabsorbent polymers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADSORBENTS; CELLULOSE; ELECTROSPINNING; POROSITY;

ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS; ABSORPTION CAPACITY; CELLULOSE ACETATES; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FEMININE SANITARY NAPKINS; HYGIENE APPLICATIONS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84979523679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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