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Characterization of degree of alignment of polymer microfibers electrospun on a rotating water collector

  • Li, Shichen;Lee, Bong-Kee
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.125-130
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    • 2021
  • In this study, the degree of alignment of polymer microfibers produced by electrospinning using a rotating water collector was evaluated. Aligned micro- and nano-fibers are required in various practical applications involving anisotropic properties. The degree of fiber alignment has many significant effects; hence, and accurate quantitative analysis of fiber alignment is necessary. Therefore, this study developed a simple and efficient method based on two-dimensional fast Fourier transform, followed by ellipse fitting. As a demonstrative example, the polymer microfibers were electrospun on the rotating water collector as the alignment of microfibers can be easily controlled. The analysis shows that the flow velocity of the liquid collector significantly affects the electrospun microfiber alignment, that is, the higher the flow velocity of the liquid collector, the greater is the degree of microfiber alignment. This method can be used for analyzing the fiber alignment in various fields such as smart sensors, fibers, composites, and textile engineering.

초고속 원심방사에 의한 아세트산프로피온산 셀룰로오스/폴리부틸렌 숙시네이트 다공성 마이크론 섬유 제조 (Fabrication of Porous Cellulose Acetate Propionate/Polybutylene Succinate Microfibers by High Speed Centrifugal Spinning)

  • 김태영;김미경;김진수;이정언;정재훈;김영권;김태현;김기영;염정현
    • 한국염색가공학회지
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.239-245
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    • 2023
  • Cellulose is an abundant biodegradable material in nature with excellent properties, but due to its poor processability, it has been widely studied for processing through modification. Cellulose acetate propionate (CAP) is a cellulose derivative in which the hydroxyl group of cellulose is replaced by acetyl and propionyl groups. CAP has several advantages, such as excellent solubility, structural stability, light and weather resistance, and good transparency. Porous nanofibers with excellent specific surface area, which can be applied in various fields, can be easily formed by the phase separation method using highly volatile solvents. High speed centrifugal spinning is a nano/micro fiber preparation method with advantages such as fast spinning and easy alignment control. In this study, a CAP/polybutylene succinate (PBS) spinning solution with chloroform as solvent was prepared to prepare porous microfibers and the fiber morphology was examined as a function of the disk rotation speed in an high speed centrifugal spinning device.