On Viscoelastic Fluids in Elongation
- Scientific paper proving the existance and uniqueness result for the isothermal elongational flow of fluids with differential constitutive law of Maxwell type in the production of polymeric filaments. Author: Thomas Hagen.
- https://umdrive.memphis.edu/thagen/preprints/nova.pdf

Isothermal Viscoelastic Fiber Spinning Model
- Description and mathematical model of meltspinning process. From Dr. Greg Beaucage homepage.
- http://www.eng.uc.edu/~gbeaucag/RyanBreese/Meltprocessing/fiber.htm

Electroless Deposition of Nickel on Electrospun Fibers
- Technical paper presenting the results of experimental work, combining electrospinning technology and electroless deposition techniques to prepare metal-coated conductive nonwoven fiber mats. Authors: N.J. Pinto and others.
- http://www1.uprh.edu/npinto/papers/ampsacoatingpaper.pdf

Biopersistence of Man-made Fibers by Animal Inhalation Experiments in Recent Reports
- Study showing that the biopersistence and maximum tolerated dose are important factors for the hazard assessment of man-made fibers, in addition to fiber size, chemical composition and surface properties. Authors: Isamu Tanaka and others.
- http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=indhealth1963&cdvol=39&noissue=2&startpage=114&lang=en&from=jnlabstract

New Methods for Producing Nylon 6.6 Fibers with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
- Doctor of Philosophy dissertation about the development of a new method for dry-jet wet spinning of GaCl3/polyamide 66 with increased low draw ratio by disrupting the interchain hydrogen bondsed network. Author: Jung Dongwook.
- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12122004-153758/unrestricted/etd.pdf

Feasibility of Electrospinning the Globular Proteins Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
- Scientific paper describing the process of electrospinning of two globular proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin into nonwoven structures to be used as an oxygen delivering scaffold for optimal wound healing. Authors: Catherine P. Barnes and others.
- http://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/06Dec_Electrospinning.pdf

The Influence of Branching and Intermolecular Interactions on the Formation of Electrospun Fibers
- Doctor of Philosophy thesis investigting the implications of chain topology and intermolecular interactions on the electrospinning process for linear and randomly branched polymer fibers. Author: Matthew G. McKee.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10252005-103247/unrestricted/McKeedissertation.pdf

SAXS Experiments on Gel-Spun Polyethylene Fibers
- Technical paper about performing meridional SAXS experiments on gel-spun polyethylene fiber in order to identify their structure after the spinning process. Authors: W. Hoogsteen, A.J. Pennings and G. ten Brinke.
- http://msc.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/FILES/root/BrinkeGten/1990/CollPolymScHoogsteen/1990CollPolymSciHoogsteen.pdf

DSC Experiments on Gel-Spun Polyethylene Fibers
- Technical paper about distiguishing lamellar structures in gel-spun polyethylene fibers through DSC experimenting o strained fibers, on the basis of which qualitative predictions of the final tensile properties can be made. Authors: W. Hoogsteen, G. ten B
- http://msc.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/FILES/root/BrinkeGten/1988/CollPolymScHoogsteen/1988CollPolymSciHoogsteen.pdf

Bicomponent Extrusion
- Feature article about a novel process for bi-component extrusion of core/sheath ceramic fibers for applications in metal and ceramic matrix composites. Author: Gerard Curran.
- http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=624

Neck Formation in Drawing Processes of Fibers
- Technical paper focused on an analysis of the strain distribution during the drawing processes of polymeric fibers to enhance understanding of neck formation in the process of spinning. Authors: Kwansoo Chung and others.
- http://pdf.ricta.or.kr/FAP/02010018.pdf

In Situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Experiment in Melt Spinning of High-Density Polyethylene
- Technical paper reporting on an in situ experiment to determine the effect of flow on the structure formation in polymeric melt under non-isothermal conditions. Authors: Hiroki Murase and others.
- http://www.spring8.or.jp/pdf/en/res_fro/03/110-111.pdf

Methematical Models for a Rotor Spinning Process
- Interim research report for a Master of Science thesis about the development of various methematical models for rotor spinning of para-aramid polymers. Author: Everdien Kolk.
- http://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/nw/users/vuik/numanal/kolk_scriptie.pdf

A Nonlinear Instability of Viscoelastic Poiseuille Flow
- Technical paper presenting qualitative and quantitative evidence of the existence of an intrinsic route towards non-linear instability of viscoelastic Poiseuille flow which is limiting the extrusion rate of polymer fibers. Authors: Volfango Bertola and ot
- http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/~saarloos/Papers/meltfractureexp.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part XII
- Eleventh chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing a summary of the thesis.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/summary.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part XI
- Tenth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing a Dutch language summary of the thesis.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/samenvat.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part X
- Ninth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, outlining the conclusions concerning the theory of the extruder and the resulting product properties.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c9.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VIIII
- Eighth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the possibilities of reactive extrusion for making polymer blends.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c8.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VIII
- Seventh chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the development of a new theory concerning reactive extrusion, resulting in a new optimisation diagram for the extruder used as a polymeris
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c7.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VII
- Sixth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, dealing with the rate of polymerisation on the working domain in reactive extrusion.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c6.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VI
- Fifth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, focusing on the influence of the polymer melt viscosity on the working domain in reactive extrusion.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c5.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part V
- Fourth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the copolymerisation of styrene-n-butylmethacrylate in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c4.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part IIII
- Third chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing an overview of the applications of polystyrene and styrene copolymers and a theoretical and experimental evaluation of the polymerisation rate
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c3.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part III
- Second chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, focused on a theoretical description and investigation of the intermeshing counter-rotating twin screw extruder.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c2.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part II
- First chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, containing an introduction to and a description of the thesis.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/c1.pdf

The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part 1
- Title page, acknowledgements and index of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers.
- http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/science/1996/a.j.van.der.goot/titlecon.pdf

A Study of Spin Finish Application on a Fiber
- Scientific dissertation on the understanding of wetting phenomena on cylindrically symmetrical objects, important for spin finish applications in the man-made fiber industry. Author: Eunkyoung Shim.
- http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/ncrc/acrobatfiles/thesis/Shim.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 8
- Sixth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, focusing on the examination of the effect of electrospinning on inducing charges of different polarity on two electrically dissimilar polymers, and determine the ef
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/CHAPTER-6.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 7
- Fifth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, investigating the possibilities of manufacturing bi-component fibers.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/CHAPTER-5.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 6
- Fourth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, presenting the results of an investigation into the creation of a flexible superparamagnetic substrate by incorporating nano-sized ferrite particles of Mn-Zn-Ni in
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/CHAPTER-4.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 5
- Third chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, focused on in-situ photocrosslinking of cinnamate functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate-CO2-hydroxy ethyl acrylate) fibers during the electrospinning process.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/CHAPTER-3.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 4
- Second chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, exploring the relationships between fiber formation, viscosity, molecular weight and concentration in a solvent.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/CHAPTER-2.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 3
- First chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the electrospinning technology and a literature review.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/Part-I-CHAPTER-1.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 2
- Pankaj Gupta's introduction to his doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, containing a detailed description of his work, acknowledgements and contents of the thesis.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/abstract-contents.pdf

Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 1
- Title page of a Doctor of Philosophy thesis on electrospinning of polymeric fibers. Author: Pankaj Gupta.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-090652/unrestricted/title.pdf

The Effects of Processing Variables on the Morphology of Electrospun Nanofibers and Textiles
- Extensive technical paper evaluating the effects of spinning voltage and solution concentration on the morphology of electrospun polymeric fibers. Authors: J.M. Deitzel and others.
- http://msewww.engin.umich.edu:81/people/milty/research/electrospinning/literature/2001_Deitzel_Tan_The%20effect%20of%20processing%20variables%20on%20the%20morphology%20of%20electrospun%20nanofibers%20and%20textiles.pdf

Application of Vibration Technology to Polymer Electrospinning
- Technical paper describing experiments at electrospinning of polymeric fibers at a lower applied voltage by vibration technology to produce finer nanofibers, and increasing mechanical strength through reduced threshold voltage. Authors: Ji-Huan He and oth
- http://www.ijnsns.com/2004-05-03/8-wan-electrospinning.pdf

Electrospinning of Low Surface Energy Quarternary Ammonium Salt Containing Polymers and Their Antibacterial Activity
- Technical paper about research into electrospinning of antibacterial agents containing perfluorinated polymers to create fibers for antifouling applications in air filtration, marine products and medicine. Authors: Kazim Acatay and others.
- http://drexel.edu/coe/research/conferences/NATOASI2003/manuscripts/1.9%20Acatay.pdf

A Fundamental Investigation of the Formation and Properties of Electrospun Fibers
- Technical paper describing a new project with the objective of developing fundamental engineering science and technology for electrostatic fiber production. Authors: S.B. Warner and others.
- http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp99/M98-D01.pdf

Texture Evolution of Sheared Liquid Chrystalline Polymers
- Extensive technical paper presenting the results of a theoretical and experimental study of the textural evolution of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) systems under planar shear at high shear rates, based on computational simulation using a molecular model wi
- http://www.me.ucsb.edu/meiburg_web/pubs/Sgalari_et_al_2003.pdf

Simulation of the Fiber Spinning Process
- Technical paper describing a fiber model coupled with CFD calculations of the quench air flow, used to simulate the influence of process parameters to the melt spinning process. Authors: T. Goetz and others.
- http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/zentral/download/berichte/bericht26.pdf

Process Optimization and Emperical Modelling Using Response Surface Methodology
- Scientific paper about the modelling and optimization of the electrospinning process parameters for the spinning of regenerated nanoscale Bombyx mori silk fibers, using the response surface methodology. Authors: Sachiko Sukigara and others.
- http://www.materials.drexel.edu/fml/Downloads/polymer45(3701-3708).pdf

An Internet-Accessible Software Package for Modelling Viscoelastic Flow
- Extensive article focusing on research and development of a web-based C++ software package which numerically models viscoelastic flow in polymer processing. Authors: J. Barr von Oehsen and others.
- http://www.symbolicnet.org/conferences/iamc2002/cox.pdf

Electrospinning and Electrically Forced Jets. I. Stability Theory
- First part of a series of technical papers analysing the mechanics of the rapidly whipping fluid jet in electrospinning, developing an asymptotic approximation of the equations of electrohydrodynamics for quantitative comparisons in experiments. Authors:
- http://www.deas.harvard.edu/brenner/physfluid1.pdf

Electrospinning and Electrically Forced Jets. II. Applications
- Part two of a technical paper, presenting the development of a quantitative method for predicting when electrospinning occurs, based on the stability theory of the first part of this paper. Authors: Moses M. Hohman and others.
- http://www.deas.harvard.edu/brenner/physfluid2.pdf

3-D Microscope Using Diffraction Grating
- Technical paper about the adaptation of an optical microscope for three-dimensional inspection of small capillaries in spinnerets by placing a diffraction grating between the microscope objective and the specimen. Authors: Tom DeWitt and Douglas Lyon.
- http://home.earthlink.net/~scan3d/acrobat/microscope.pdf

Visco-Elastic Models for Fiber Spinning
- Master thesis about a visco-elastic model for polymer fiber spinning, the development of simulation software based on the model, and an analyzation of the effects of elasticity, air drag, gravity, cooling and viscosity changes on the spinning process. Aut
- http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~choumili/FiberSpinning.pdf

Synthetic Fibers
- Study of hazardous emissions during the manufacturing processes of man-made fibers. Detailed descriptions of polymer materials, and the dry- and solvent fiber spinning technologies and processes. Glossary of terms. Tables and figures. Comprehensive list o
- http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch06/final/c06s09.pdf

Melt-Spinning and Laser-Heated Drawing of a New Semi-Aromatic Polyamide, PA9-T Fiber
- Extensive technical paper describing the manufacture of melt-spun fibers of a new semi-aromatic polyamide (PA9-T), which were subsequently drawn with a CO2 laser-heated drawing system at different draw ratios and various drawing velocities. Authors: Ahmed
- http://texsys.shinshu-u.ac.jp/ohkoshi/home/research/report/PA-9T%20Laser-Drawing.pdf

Melt Spinning
- Report of a laboratory project in melt spinning of polymers, co-polymers and blends into fiber for yarn manufacture and nonwovens. Flow charts. Basic equations. From the Institute for Polymer Research Dresden. Authors: Prof. Dr. Roland Beyreuther and othe
- http://www.ipfdd.de/research/res25/res25.html

The Manufacture of Micro Capillary Polymer Film Extrusions
- Technical paper presenting a novel method for manufacturing flat, capillary-embedded polymer extrudates such as hollow fiber by injecting gas into a convergent extrusion die. Authors: B. Hallmark and M.R. Mackley.
- http://www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/polymer/RMP/bart/mcf/papers%20and%20talks/THE%20MANUFACTURE%20OF%20MICRO%20CAPILLARY%20POLYMER%20FILM%20EXTRUSIONS.pdf

Investigation of the High Speed Spinning Process of Polyethylene Terephthalate
- Technical paper presenting an experiment measuring wide-angle diffraction during high speed spinning of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using synchroton radiation. Authors: R. Klob and others.
- http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/tmc/stribeck/pub/xv055.pdf

Elongational Flows in Polymer Processing
- Doctoral theses discussing the quasilinear hyperbolic equations of melt-spinning polymeric fibers in viscous and viscoelastic flow which model the uniaxial extension of a fluid threat before its solidification. Author: Thomas Cristoph Hagen.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-110298-102457/unrestricted/hagenetd.pdf

Electrospinning: A Whipping Fluid Jet Generates Submicron Polymer Fibers
- Technical paper describing the phenomena responsible for the onset of whipping during the electrospinning process, and the behaviour of two competing instabilities; the Raleigh mode and the axisymmetric conducting mode. Authors: Y.M. Shin and others.
- http://www.deas.harvard.edu/brenner/apl.pdf

Cavitation of Polyethylene during Extrusion Processing Instabilities
- Technical paper presenting observations of cavitation that occur inside a capillary die during the spinning process of polyethylene fibers. Authors: Younggon Son and Kalman B. Migler.
- http://polymers.msel.nist.gov/uploads/migler0402.pdf