کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5188532 1381158 2007 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Reducing electrospun nanofiber diameter and variability using cationic amphiphiles
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آلی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Reducing electrospun nanofiber diameter and variability using cationic amphiphiles
چکیده انگلیسی
One major limitation of the electrospinning technique for generating polymer fibers is the large average diameter and the broad diameter variability of electrospun fibers. Improved methods of controlling fiber diameter and variability will have implications for many applications ranging from filtration to cell and tissue engineering. Here we report an effective method of reducing the diameter and variability of fibers prepared from three different polymers, poly(ethersulfone), poly(caprolactone), and poly(caprolactone-co-ethyl ethylene phosphoester), by doping polymer solutions with a positively charged amphiphile, octadecyl rhodamine (R18) or octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (OTAB) at 5000:1 to 20:1 of polymer to amphiphile weight ratio. This is due to the combined effect of field-driven surface partitioning of positively charged amphiphiles and surface tension reduction. This method of diameter reduction can be applied easily without modifying the electrospinning setup or changing the polymer-solvent system.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Polymer - Volume 48, Issue 21, 5 October 2007, Pages 6384-6394
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