The present study reports green electrospinning of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) / citric acid nanofiber membranes, and the membranes were then crosslinked by heat treatment. The electric conductivity of the PVA aqueous solution increases rapidly and the growth slows down along with the increase of citric acid content. The viscosity of 13 wt% PVA aqueous solutions with citric acid had a small increase and remained stable in one week, which was suitable for electrospinning fibers. Porous, interconnected nonwoven nanofiber membranes were electrospun from a thoroughly mixing of PVA/ citric acid aqueous solution. The membranes were then heat treated at 140 °C for 2 h. The postelectrospinning crosslinked nanofiber membranes were insoluble in water, while the non-crosslinked electrospun nanofiber membranes dissolved instantaneously. FT-IR spectrum, X-ray diffraction, and DSC thermograms reveal that crosslinking of PVA nanofiber membranes occurred through esterfication reaction during heat treatment.
The low production rate of electrospinning process may limit the industrial use of single needle system. To meet high yield requirement and uniform fibers, a bottom-up multiple jets electrospinning nozzle was designed. The influence of electric field interference on jet path, membrane shape and fiber morphology was investigated. Experiment finds that electrical field strength in the closer part of two nozzles is weakened due to electric field interference when the distance between two nozzles is close. Electric field, jet path, fiber web shape and fiber morphology of three nozzles electrospinning with linear arrangement, equilateral triangle arrangement and isosceles right triangle arrangement were also compared. Results show that electric field and spun fibers of three nozzles electrospinning with equilateral triangle arrangement is the most uniform.
The catalytic properties of nano-TiO2 modified fabric suits the demand for self-cleaning in recent years. In this paper, advanced and innovative technology were used to synthesize water sol of titanium dioxide photocatalyst with high catalytic activity for fabric finishing. The wear behavior, antibacterial property and water repellency of treated and untreated fabric were tested. Results indicate that finishing and washing of the titanium dioxide had no effect on wear behavior; finished and washed fabric has a certain antibacterial and water repellent properties.
This study examines the twist design of chenille yarns from theoretical consideration. Four kind of chenille yarns were selected for practice validation. The results indicate that there was little deviation between the twist under theoretical approach and the actual tested values; linear density of centre yarn and pile yarn, pile yarn density have significant effects on the twist design of chenille yarns.
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