Electrospun nanosized cellulose fibers using ionic liquids at room temperature

Aiming at replacing the noxious solvents commonly employed, ionic-liquid-based solvents have been recently explored as novel non-volatile and non-flammable media for the electrospinning of polymers. In this work, nanosized and biodegradable cellulose fibers were obtained by electrospinning at room t...

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Main Author: Freire, Mara G. (author)
Other Authors: Teles, Ana Rita R. (author), Ferreira, Rute A. S. (author), Carlos, Luís D. (author), Lopes-da-Silva, José A. (author), Coutinho, João A. P. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6156
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6156