Electrospinning highly aligned long polymer nanofibers on large scale by using a tip collector
- 6 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 91 (6), 063126
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2768871
Abstract
The authors developed a very simple alignment technique by which highly aligned polymer nanofibers of length were electrospun over a lateral range as large as . This technique is based on a modified configuration, application of a tip collector, and sideward ejection. The salient feature of the electrospinning process is the production of single nanofibers one by one, which was clearly confirmed by real-time images taken by a high-speed camera. Aligned polycaprolactone, polyacrylonitrile, and carbon nanofibers were prepared by this method.
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