Coaxial electrospinning with Triton X-100 solutions as sheath fluids for preparing PAN nanofibers

Yu, Deng-Guang; Chatterton, Nicholas P.; Yang, Jun-He; Wang, Xia and Liao, Yao-Zu (2012). Coaxial electrospinning with Triton X-100 solutions as sheath fluids for preparing PAN nanofibers. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 297(5) pp. 395–401.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201100258

Abstract

Coaxial electrospinning using surfactants as sheath fluid for preparing high-quality polymer nanofibers is studied. PAN nanofibers are fabricated using this process with Triton X-100 solutions in DMF. FESEM demonstrates that the Triton X-100 solution has a significant influence on the quality of the nanofibers. The nanofiber diameters can be controlled by adjusting the concentration of Triton X-100 in the sheath fluids with a scaling law D = 640 C^-0.32. The mechanism of the influence of Triton X-100 solutions on the formation of PAN fibers is discussed and it is demonstrated that coaxial electrospinning with surfactant solution is a facile method for achieving high-quality polymer nanofibers.

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• Item ORO ID
• 43763
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1439-2054
• Keywords
• coaxial electrospinning; nanofiber quality; polyacrylonitrile; sheath fluid; Triton X-100
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.
• Depositing User
• Nicholas Chatterton