Hierarchical Motion of Charged Jets in Electrospinning and Nanofibers with Minimal Diameter of about 5nm

Abstract:

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with a degree of 1750±50 was successfully fabricated into nanofibers via the traditional electrospinning process. Daughter charged jets and combined fibers were observed. A combined fiber might be simple combination of two separate fibers without mass transfer, or it is a daughter cascade caused in hierarchical motion of a charged jet with mass/energy transfer. Minimal fiber reaches as small as 5nm (50 angstroms) in diameter, this might be the smallest artificial fiber, which might have excellent properties due to nanoeffect.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 843)
• Pages: 14-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.843.14
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Hai Yan Kong, Ji Huan He
• Keywords: Angstrom Technology, Charged Jet, Combined Fibers, Electro-Spinning, Hierarchical Motion, Nanofiber

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