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Aligned polymer fibers produced via an additive electric field

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Electrospinning is known to be a highly versatile method to produce nanofibers, and several techniques have been developed to align nanofibers. In this paper, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), poly(propylene carbonate) (PC), poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), PVA/Chitosan and PVA/Fe3O4 uniaxially aligned ultrafine fibers were obtained with electrospinning method by adding another electric field in the collection area. Alignment of the nanofibers was characterized by the use of digital cameras and field emission scanning electron microscopy, polarized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and wideangle X-ray diffraction (XRD). The mechanism of fiber alignment was investigated as well.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Yufei Ai, Hongpeng Zhen, Jun Nie & Dongzhi Yang

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Ai, Y., Zhen, H., Nie, J. et al. Aligned polymer fibers produced via an additive electric field. Front. Chem. China 6, 44–47 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11458-011-0226-9

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