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    Sub-micron Scale Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Fibers Exposed to Ultraviolet and Thermal Degradation

    Nanoindentation studies using atomic force microscopy (AFM) was conducted to investigate the effect of accelerated ultra violet (UV) and thermal degradation on mechanical properties of Polypropylene textile fi...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Vijaya Chalivendra, Paul Calvert in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Effect of Accelerated Ultra Violet and Thermal Exposure on Nano Scale Mechanical Properties of Nylon Fibers

    Nano-characterization studies using atomic force microscopy (AFM) was conducted to study the effect of accelerated ultra violet (UV) and thermal degradation on mechanical properties of Nylon textile fibers. Ny...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Vijaya Chalivendra, Paul Calvert in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Investigation of the Young’s Modulus of Fibers in an Electrospun PCL Scaffold Using AFM and its Correlation to cell Attachment

    Seeding a layer of cells at specific depths within scaffolds is an important optimization parameter for bi-layer skin models. Experimental investigation has been performed to investigate the effect of fiber di...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Ming Chen, Vijaya Chalivendra in MEMS and Nanotechnology, Volume 2 (2011)

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    Role of Scaffold Architecture and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Scaffolds in Cell Seeding

    Seeding a layer of cells at specific depths within scaffolds is an important optimization parameter for bi-layer skin models. The work presented investigated the effect of fiber diameter and its mechanical pro...

    Nandula Wanasekara, Ming Chen, Vijaya Chalivendra in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2010)