The Importance of Crosslinking and Glass Transition Temperature for the Mechanical Strength of Nanofibers Obtained by Green Electrospinning. Issue 4 (6th August 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giebel, Elisabeth; Getze, Julia; Röcker, Thorsten; Greiner, Andreas
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular materials and engineering. Volume 298:Issue 4(2013:Apr.)
• Page Start: 439
• Page End: 446
• Publication Date: 2012-08-06
• Subjects: Plastics -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/mame.201200080
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1438-7492

Abstract

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