Frequency of Bubble Formation in Modified Bubble Electrospinning

Abstract:

Bubble-electrospinning is one of the most straightforward ways to fabricate polymer solution into nanofibers. The key point of the technology is to control bubble size and formation frequency. A modified bubble electrospinning set-up is designed to control the size of polymer bubbles and frequency of bubble formation in the spinning process. A PVA (10wg %) solution is used in the experiment for fabricate polymer solution into nanofibers and superfine nanofibers are obtained with the average diameter of about 200nm.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 843)
• Pages: 40-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.843.40
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Hai Yan Kong, Ji Huan He
• Keywords: Bubble Electrospinning, Frequency of Bubble Formation, Hierarchy Motion, Nanofiber

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