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Preparation and Morphology of Poly(butylene succinate) Nanofibers via Electrospinning

Research and development

Authors:

• Liu Yong
  China, Shanghai, Donghua University
• He Ji-huan (j/w)
• Yu Jian-yong (j/w)

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Abstract: An electrospinning method was used to produce Poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) nanofibres. The morphology of the fibres was studied considering fibres of different weight concentrations of PBS/CF solution and spun with different diameters of needle-orifice. The results show that the electrospinning process is very difficult and the products are only by few fibres when the weight concentration equals 8%. When the concentration is increased, the eff-iciency is high and the process becomes easy. The morphology of the fibres is more uniform when are spun with a larger diameter of the needle-orifice. The electrospinability ranges between 8 wt% and 14wt% of PBS/CF weight concentration. The thermal properties and the crystallisation of the PBS polymer pellets and electrospun PBS nanofibers were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), respectively. In addition, the hydrolytic degradation behaviour of electrospun PBS nanofibres in 1N NaOH solution was observed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Tags: electrospinning, PBS, nanofibers, morphology, characterization.

Published on issue no 4 (63) / 2007, pages 30–33.

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