Mechanism of nanofiber crimp

Fabrication of crimped fibers has been caught much attention recently due to remarkable improvement surface-to-volume ratio. The precise mechanism of the fiber crimp is, however, rare and preliminary. This paper finds that pulsation of fibers is the key factor for fiber crimp, and its configuration...

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Published inThermal science Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 1473 - 1477
Main Authors Chen, Rou-Xi, Zhang, Li, Kong, Hai-Yan, He, Ji-Huan, Chen, Yun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia 2013
Subjects
Folding
Nanofibers
Solidification
Temperature control
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Summary:Fabrication of crimped fibers has been caught much attention recently due to remarkable improvement surface-to-volume ratio. The precise mechanism of the fiber crimp is, however, rare and preliminary. This paper finds that pulsation of fibers is the key factor for fiber crimp, and its configuration (wave formation) corresponds to its nature frequency after solidification. Crimping performance can be improved by temperature control of the uncrimped fibers. In the paper, polylactide/ dimethylfomamide solution is fabricated into crimped nanofibers by the bubble electrospinning, an approximate period- amplitude relationship of the wave formation is obtained. nema
ISSN:0354-9836
2334-7163
DOI:10.2298/TSCI1305473C