Industrial Upscaling of Electrospinning and Applications of Polymer Nanofibers: A Review. Issue 5 (8th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Persano, Luana; Camposeo, Andrea; Tekmen, Cagri; Pisignano, Dario; Kim, Il‐Doo
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular materials and engineering. Volume 298:Issue 5(2013:May)
• Page Start: 504
• Page End: 520
• Publication Date: 2013-01-08
• Subjects: Plastics -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/mame.201200290
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1438-7492

Abstract

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