Adhesion enhancement of electrospun nanofiber mats to polypropylene nonwoven fabric by low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment

Rombaldoni, Fabio; Varesano, Alessio; Songia, Michela Bianchetto; Aluigi, Annalisa; Vineis, Claudia; Mazzuchetti, Giorgio

doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.11.056

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“…During electrospinning, temperature and humidity were recorded with an Escort iLog RH data logger (Eclo, Portugal) every minute. Nanofibers were collected for

20 \pm 1 min

for each sample; this duration is enough to get a proper electrospun sheet and to derive information about the process …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Defect minimization and feature control in electrospinning through design of experiments

Borrotti

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Manganini

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J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Electrospinning is affected by high variability, and an accurate setting of process parameters is fundamental for producing high quality nanofibers. This work aims at determining the optimal values of the main process parameters (polymer concentration, polymer feed rate, and voltage) as a function of the environmental factors (temperature and humidity), in order to obtain nanofibrous materials within a specific range of fiber diameter and porosity, and at the same time to minimize production defects. The response surfaces of diameter, porosity, and defects are first determined with a central composite design. These surfaces are then employed as an input for the optimization problem: diameter and porosity surfaces are used to constrain an admissible region, where the minimum of the defect surface is searched. The approach is tested on a prototype electrospinning machine. The estimated response surfaces capture the variability of the process with respect to both production parameters and environmental factors, and are capable of getting the optimal values of the process parameters. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 44740.

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“…During electrospinning, temperature and humidity were recorded with an Escort iLog RH data logger (Eclo, Portugal) every minute. Nanofibers were collected for

20 \pm 1 min

for each sample; this duration is enough to get a proper electrospun sheet and to derive information about the process …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The two levels for each controlled factor x 1 , x 2 and x 3 were obtained from previous experiments, to ensure a fairly stable and good quality process output (of course, no value can be imposed on the uncontrollable variables x 4 and x 5 ).…”

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Defect minimization and feature control in electrospinning through design of experiments

Borrotti

Lanzarone

Manganini

et al. 2017

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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“…Improvement of adhesion between the nonwoven and the nanofibrous coatings was reported, which was attributed to the increased wettability of the supporting polypropylene fabric and polar functional groups introduced by plasma treatment allowing a stronger interaction between the treated fabric and coatings [33,35].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Introduction of functional groups at the fiber surface helps to form affinity or chemical bonds with a coating material leading to an adhesion improvement [33,34,35]. For instance, Šimor et al [36] used atmospheric-pressure nitrogen plasma as a pretreatment to render the surface of polyester nonwoven fabric hydrophilic for subsequent electroless nickel plating.…”

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“…Rombaldoni et al [33] used low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment to enhance the adhesion between polypropylene nonwoven and poly(ethylene oxide) and polyamide-6 nanofibrous mats deposited onto polypropylene nonwoven. Improvement of adhesion between the nonwoven and the nanofibrous coatings was reported, which was attributed to the increased wettability of the supporting polypropylene fabric and polar functional groups introduced by plasma treatment allowing a stronger interaction between the treated fabric and coatings [33,35].…”

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Plasma Surface Treatments of Nonwovens

Kayaoğlu¹

2016

Non-Woven Fabrics

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Plasma treatment has been used for surface activation and modification of textiles. The ionized, highly reactive species, such as ions, electrons, and radicals, in plasma modify the surface of the substrate material, and the composition of plasma depends on the gas used. Plasma technology is an environmentally friendly process and resource-efficient in nature. There is no solvent emission or wastewater in the process and drying processes with high energy and time consumption are not required. The textile applications of plasma include sterilization, wettability and hydrophobicity, dyeability enhancement, flame-retardant finishing, and antimicrobial properties. Plasma surface modification applied to fiber is a way to add value to a nonwoven fabric and enhance the functional performance of the final product. This chapter provides an overview of the plasma treatments of nonwovens that enhance their surface-related properties.

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Nanofibers for Smart Textiles

Wan

2018

Smart Textiles

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Adhesion enhancement of electrospun nanofiber mats to polypropylene nonwoven fabric by low-temperature oxygen plasma treatment

Cited by 42 publications

References 25 publications

Defect minimization and feature control in electrospinning through design of experiments

Defect minimization and feature control in electrospinning through design of experiments

Plasma Surface Treatments of Nonwovens

Nanofibers for Smart Textiles

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