Coaxial electrospinning of microfibres with liquid crystal in the core
Author(s) -
Jan P. F. Lagerwall,
Jesse T. McCann,
Eric Formo,
Giusy Scalia,
Younan Xia
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/b810450f
Subject(s) - electrospinning , coaxial , core (optical fiber) , materials science , composite number , liquid crystal , composite material , crystal (programming language) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , polymer , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language
Liquid crystal containing composite fibres were produced via coaxial electrospinning, demonstrating that this technique can be used for producing new functional fibres and/or to study the impact of extreme confinement on liquid crystal phases.
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