Core/shell-like structured ultrafine branched nanofibers created by electrospinning

Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 792-799

  Konno, Makoto ^a   Kishi, Yuuko ^a   Tanaka, Manabu ^a   Kawakami, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PROCESS CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

FLUORINATED POLYIMIDES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FUNCTIONAL NANO MATERIALS; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; PHASE-SEPARATION PROCESS; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84988498996     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.74     Document Type: Article

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