Eicosane removal

Fig. 9.1 (a) Schematic of the melt coaxial electrospinning setup used for fabricating octadecane, hexadecane, and eicosane Ti02—PVP nanoflbers, (b) TEM image of these fibers after the core (octadecane) had been removed by soaking in hexane for 24 h (Reprinted with the permission from McCann et al. [12], Copyright 2006 American Chemical Society)... 

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