Controlled morphing of microbubbles to beaded nanofibers via electrically forced thin film stretching

Zhi Cheng Yao; Qiantailang Yuan; Zeeshan Ahmad; Jie Huang; Jing Song Li; Ming Wei Chang

doi:10.3390/polym9070265

Controlled morphing of microbubbles to beaded nanofibers via electrically forced thin film stretching

Zhi Cheng Yao, Qiantailang Yuan, Zeeshan Ahmad, Jie Huang, Jing Song Li, Ming Wei Chang

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Topography and microstructure engineering are rapidly evolving areas of importance forbiomedical and pharmaceutical remits. Here, PVA (Polyvinyl alcohol) microbubbles (diameter rangẽ126 to 414 μm) were used to fabricate beaded (beads-on) nanofibers using an electrohydrodynamicatomization (EHDA) technique. Mean fiber diameter, inter-bead distance, and aspect ratio (AR)were investigated by regulating EHDA process parameters. PVA fibers (diameter range ~233 to737 nm) were obtained possessing bead ARs in the range of ~10 to 56%. AR was used to modulatehydrophilicity and active release.

Original language	English
Article number	265
Journal	Polymers
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9070265
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 3 Jul 2017

Keywords

beaded nanofibers
Bubble
Electrospinning
Polyvinyl alcohol

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