The charge effect of cationic surfactants on the elimination of fibre beads in the electrospinning of polystyrene
- 14 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 15 (9), 1375-1381
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/9/044
Abstract
Polystyrene nanofibres were electrospun with the inclusion of cationic surfactants, dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) or tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC), in the polymer solution. A small amount of cationic surfactant effectively stopped the formation of beaded fibres during the electrospinning. The cationic surfactants were also found to improve the solution conductivity, but had no effect on the viscosity. Only DTAB had an effect on the surface tension of the polymer solution, the surface tension decreasing slightly with an increase in the concentration of DTAB. The formation of beaded fibres was attributed to an insufficient stretch of the filaments during the whipping of jet, due to a low charge density. Adding the cationic surfactants improved the net charge density that enhanced the whipping instability. The jet was stretched under stronger charge repulsion and at a higher speed, resulting in an exhaustion of the bead structure. In addition, a polymer/surfactant interaction was found in the polystyrene-DTAB solution system, while this interaction was not found in the polystyrene-Keywords
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