Melt blown nanofibers: Fiber diameter distributions and onset of fiber breakup

Ellison, Christopher J.; Phatak, Alhad; Giles, David W.; Macosko, Christopher W.; Bates, Frank S.

doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2007.04.005

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“…This method was first developed in the 1950s at the naval research laboratory with the goal of making sub-micron fibers to trap radioactive particles in the upper atmosphere [65]. Wente [66] first described the construction of a metal blowing die composed of a series of orifices and slots, and then researchers at Exxon extended this basic design and first demonstrated the production of melt blown microfibers on a commercial scale by modifying sheet die technology. Ward further reported an improved melt blown technique for producing polymer nanofibers such as polypropylene [10].…”

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Multifunctional Nanofibers towards Active Biomedical Therapeutics

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One-dimensional (1-D) nanostructures have attracted enormous research interest due to their unique physicochemical properties and wide application potential. These 1-D nanofibers are being increasingly applied to biomedical fields owing to their high surface area-to-volume ratio, high porosity, and the ease of tuning their structures, functionalities, and properties. Many biomedical nanofiber reviews have focused on tissue engineering and drug delivery applications but have very rarely discussed their use as wound dressings. However, nanofibers have enormous potential as wound dressings and other clinical applications that could have wide impacts on the treatment of wounds. Herein, the authors review the main fabrication methods of nanofibers as well as requirements, strategies, and recent applications of nanofibers, and provide perspectives of the challenges and opportunities that face multifunctional nanofibers for active therapeutic applications.

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“…Figure 21 shows the preparation of nanofibres via air brushing technique [51,52]. This method is employed to fabricate polymer-based micro/nanofibres in which polymer solution are blown by compressed gas to fabricate nano fibres and subsequently collected onto wide range of collector [52][53][54]. Different shapes of collectors used for deposition of air brushed fibres can be seen from Figure 22.…”

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Fabrication Techniques of Micro/Nano Fibres based Nonwoven Composites: A Review

Km¹,

Sravanthi²

2017

Mod Chem Appl

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Recently, nonwoven composites have been recognized to exhibit significant potential in several applications such as filtration, wound care, and biomedical devices. This is due to the fact that high performance nonwoven composites can be easily fabricated using cost effective as well as eco-friendly techniques. This review article presents the recent progress in fabrication techniques used for production of nonwoven composites using natural and synthetic polymers for textile application in particular. Different types of nonwoven web according to the production route are discussed in detail. In addition to this, various bonding techniques used for web bonding are also highlighted in this review.

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“…But, if we create an analysis of the nanofibre diameter distribution, we will find that in the most cases this distribution is not normal (Gaussian) [25][26][27][28][29]. Because of this, it is impossible to compare the mean fiber diameters reported by different researchers.…”

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Applying the Genetic Algorithm for determination Electrospinning Parameters of Poly Vinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Nano Fibers: Theoretical & Experimental Analysis

Mokhtari¹,

Latifi²,

Shamshirsaz³

2017

JTEFT

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Poly Vinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) because of its piezoelectric properties has been applied in different applications such as smart textiles, medical application and membranes for energy harvesting. It was declared that nanofibres diameters and electrospinning parameters could be enhanced the piezoelectric properties of these materials. The main objective of this paper is applying the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to determine the optimum condition of solution parameters and processing conditions based on the desired diameter size of PVDF fibers to produce the fibers without any structural faults. In this method, The Fitness function was determined by a simple analytical model presented by Fridrikh. Toward approving the GA results the experimental tests were done. the effect of four parameters such as flow rate of the polymer solution, electrospinning voltage, electrospinning distance and polymer concentration on the fiber formation and fiber diameter size of electrospun PVDF fibers have been explored by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to attest the accuracy of the model. Assessment of experimental and theoretical results show that electrospinning parameters determined by GA method leads to achieve desire fiber diameters. Because of time and energy consuming of electrospinning process, the GA method may be useful to achieve desired fiber diameter by determining electrospinning parameters for polymers prior to fiber production.

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Melt blown nanofibers: Fiber diameter distributions and onset of fiber breakup

Cited by 432 publications

References 53 publications

Multifunctional Nanofibers towards Active Biomedical Therapeutics

Multifunctional Nanofibers towards Active Biomedical Therapeutics

Fabrication Techniques of Micro/Nano Fibres based Nonwoven Composites: A Review

Applying the Genetic Algorithm for determination Electrospinning Parameters of Poly Vinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Nano Fibers: Theoretical & Experimental Analysis

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