Parameters Dependence of Fibers Diameter and Pores Area in Electrospinning

Abstract:

Electrospinning has become the most popular nanofibers production technique that many scientists around the world were intrigued by. It is based on electrostatic forces stretching a polymer solution that undergoes bending instability and eventually results in number of fine nanoscaled filaments. The study reports of four processing parameters effect on electrospun polyethylene oxide (PEO) fibers diameter and pores area. Fibers diameter increase results from the increase of time, volume flow rate and tip to collector distance with a critical value of the first two parameters. The pores area showed both decrease and increase after a critical value of the electrical voltage at 19 kV, while the mean pores area decreased with the time increase. Irregular trends of increasing and decreasing trends of the means pores area were noticed with the change of the volume flow rate and tip to collector distance..

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 26)
• Pages: 67-73
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.26.67
• Online since: February 2018
• Authors: Emilija Zdraveva*, Budimir Mijovic
• Keywords: Electrospun, Fibers Diameter, PEO, Pores Area, Processing Parameters

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