Enhancing Multiple Jets in Electrospinning: The Role of Auxiliary Electrode.

Autor: Wu YK; National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Fibers and Textile Composites, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. 13388096568@163.com.; School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. 13388096568@163.com., Li ZJ; National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Fibers and Textile Composites, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. lpllzj@126.com.; School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. lpllzj@126.com., Fan J; National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Fibers and Textile Composites, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. fanjie@tjpu.edu.cn.; School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. fanjie@tjpu.edu.cn., Xia ZP; National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Fibers and Textile Composites, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. xiazhaopeng@tjpu.edu.cn.; School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. xiazhaopeng@tjpu.edu.cn., Liu Y; National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Fibers and Textile Composites, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. liuyong@tjpu.edu.cn.; School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. liuyong@tjpu.edu.cn.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) [Nanomaterials (Basel)] 2018 Sep 28; Vol. 8 (10). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 28.
DOI: 10.3390/nano8100768
Abstrakt: An auxiliary electrode introduced in traditional spinneret electrospinning is an effective and powerful technique to improve the production rate of nanofibers. In this work, the effects of the arrangement of auxiliary electrode, applied voltage, injection speed, and the distance between the electrode tip and the spinneret tip (ESD) on the jet number and the morphology of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers were investigated systematically. The results showed that the number of jets firstly increased and then decreased with the increase of applied voltage and ESD, respectively, while increasing with the injection speed in both the auxiliary electrode in the vertical position and parallel position. The average nanofiber diameter decreased with increasing of applied voltage and injection speed, but decreasing in ESD in these two positions. The numerical simulation results revealed that the auxiliary electrode primarily influenced the electric field intensity in the spinning area. This work provides a deep understanding of multiple jets in electrospinning.
Databáze: MEDLINE