Mass production of nanofibers from a spiral coil Wang, Xin and Wang, Xungai 2013, Mass production of nanofibers from a spiral coil, Advanced materials research, vol. 821-822, pp. 36-40, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.821-822.36. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Mass production of nanofibers from a spiral coil Author(s) Wang, Xin Wang, Xungai Journal name Advanced materials research Volume number 821-822 Start page 36 End page 40 Total pages 5 Publisher Trans Tech Publications Place of publication Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland Publication date 2013 ISSN 1022-6680 Keyword(s) coil mass production nanofiber needleless electrospinning Summary In this study, we have demonstrated that a rotating metal wire coil can be used as a nozzle to electrospin nanofibers on a large-scale. Without using any needles, the rotating wire coil, partially immersed in a polymer solution reservoir, can pick up a thin layer of charged polymer solution and generate a large number of nanofibers from the wire surface simultaneously. This arrangement significantly increases the nanofiber productivity. The fiber productivity was found to be determined by the coil dimensions, applied voltage and polymer concentration. The dependency of fiber diameter on the polymer concentration showed a similar trend to that for a conventional electrospinning system using a syringe needle nozzle, but the coil electrospun fibers were thinner with narrower diameter distribution. The profiles of electric field strength in the coil electrospinning was calculated and showed concentrated electric field intensity on the top wire surface. Language eng DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.821-822.36 Field of Research 091006 Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl Textiles) Socio Economic Objective 860406 Synthetic Fibres, Yarns and Fabrics HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Trans Tech Publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30058884 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Institute for Frontier Materials Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 09 Dec 2013, 13:34:32 EST Tue, 10 Dec 2013, 09:13:09 EST Tue, 10 Dec 2013, 09:13:43 EST Fri, 13 Dec 2013, 08:56:16 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 19:11:51 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 07:06:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 493 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 09 Dec 2013, 13:34:32 EST

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