foaming agent to fabricate porous polyetherimide (PEI) fibers with open-cell skin and
submicrocellular core. A high cell nucleation rate was triggered due to a high gas solubility
during the temperature-rise foaming process within the extrusion head. The time-limited cell
growth and cell coalescence with foaming time less than 3.95 s were the fundamental
reasons for the fabrication of porous PEI fibers with submicrocellular size of about 550 nm …