Hong, X;
Mahalingam, S;
Edirisinghe, M;
(2017)
Simultaneous Application of Pressure-Infusion-Gyration to Generate Polymeric Nanofibers.
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
, 302
(6)
, Article 1600564. 10.1002/mame.201600564.
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Abstract
Polymeric nanofibers are a fascinating class of material that has been widely used in a myriad of applications, including fiber reinforced composites, protective clothing, and chemical sensors. Here, the science of the combined application of external pressure, controlled infusion of polymer solution and gyration, which allows mass production of uniform polymeric nanofibers in a single step, is uncovered. Using poly(ethylene oxide) as an example this study shows the use of this novel method to fabricate polymeric nanofibers and nanofibrous mats under different combinations of processing parameters such as working pressure (1 × 105 to 3 × 105 Pa), rotational speed (10 000–36 000 rpm), infusion rate (500–5000 µL min−1), and fiber collection distance (4–15 cm). The morphologies of the nanofibers are characterized using scanning electron microscopy and anisotropy of alignment of fiber is studied using 2D fast Fourier transform analysis. A correlation between the product morphology and the processing parameters is established. The produced fibers are in a range of 50–850 nm at an orifice-to-collector distance of 10 cm. The results indicate that the pressure coupled infusion gyration (PCIG) offers a facile way for forming nanofibers and nanofiber assemblies.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Simultaneous Application of Pressure-Infusion-Gyration to Generate Polymeric Nanofibers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mame.201600564 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mame.201600564 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | gyration; infusion; manufacture; nanofiber; polymer; pressure; production |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > UCL School of Management |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1565065 |
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