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Post-electrospinning thermal treatments on poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) nanofiber membranes for improved mechanical properties

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Herein, we fabricated bead-free isotactic poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (PMP) nanofiber membranes and characterized their thermo-mechanical properties. PMP nanofiber membranes were electrospun and heat-treated at 180 and 220 °C, and thermally treated under load. The report investigates the effect of thermal treatments on the morphology, degree of crystallinity and mechanical properties, improving the mechanical properties of PMP nanofibers. Prepared nanofibers were investigated by SEM, DSC, XRD and mechanical properties. The mechanical properties demonstrate a tensile strength, an elongation (%) and a Young’s modulus of the nanofiber membranes. The DSC and WAXD analysis shows an increase of degree of crystallinity with thermal treatment. Thermally treated nanofibers under load demonstrate 4.1 times higher tensile strength and 14.1 times higher Young’s modulus than PMP fibrous membrane. Thermally treated nanofibers under load at 200 °C did not retain their structure and fuse with neighboring fibers, because it almost reached the melting temperature of (230 °C).

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The research project was supported by Wataya Co., Ltd., Japan.

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  1. Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano prefecture, 386-8567, Japan

    Jatoi Abdul Wahab, Hoik Lee, Tomoki Nagaishi & Ick Soo Kim

  2. Department of Textile Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, 76062, Pakistan

    Jatoi Abdul Wahab & Zeeshan Khatri

  3. National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Kai Wei

  4. Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, Delhi, 110016, India

    Bijoy K. Behera

  5. Department of Textile Design, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Korea

    Kyu-Beom Kim

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Wahab, J.A., Lee, H., Wei, K. et al. Post-electrospinning thermal treatments on poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) nanofiber membranes for improved mechanical properties. Polym. Bull. 74, 5221–5230 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-017-2004-4

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