Stable Electrospinning of Core-Functionalized Coaxial Fibers Enabled by the Minimum-Energy Interface Given by Partial Core-Sheath Miscibility

Core-sheath electrospinning is a powerful tool for producing composite fibers with one or multiple encapsulated functional materials, but many material combinations are difficult or even impossible to spin together. We show that the key to success is to ensure a well-defined core-sheath interface wh...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 37(2021), 45 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 13265-13277
1. Verfasser: Vats, Shameek (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Anyfantakis, Manos, Honaker, Lawrence W, Basoli, Francesco, Lagerwall, Jan P F
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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