- Title
- Effect of the relative humidity on the fibre morphology of polyamide 4.6 and polyamide 6.9 nanofibres
- Creator
- De Schoenmaker, Bert, Van de Schueren, Lien, Zugle, Ruphino, Goethals, Annelies, Westbroek, Philippe, Kiekens, Paul, Nyokong, Tebello, De Clerck, Karen
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/242131
- Identifier
- vital:51004
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6934-9"
- Description
- To obtain uniform and reproducible nanofibres, it is important to understand the effect of the different electrospinning parameters on the nanofibre morphology. Even though a lot of literature is available on the electrospinning of nanofibres, only minor research has been performed on the effect of the relative humidity (RH). This paper investigates the influence of this parameter on the electrospinning process and fibre morphology of the hydrophilic polyamide 4.6 and the less hydrophilic polyamide 6.9. First, the electrospinning process and deposition area of the nanofibres is examined at 10, 50 and 70 % RH. Subsequently, the effect of the polyamide concentration and solvent ratio on the fibre morphology is investigated using scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. It was found that the nanofibre diameter decreased with increasing RH. This resulted in less stable crystals for polyamide 4.6 while electrospinning of polyamide 6.9 at higher RH led to slightly more stable crystals. In conclusion, the water affinity of a polymer is an important factor in predicting the nanofibre morphology at different humidities.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (9 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Minerals Science, De Schoenmaker, B., Van der Schueren, L., Zugle, R., Goethals, A., Westbroek, P., Kiekens, P., Nyokong, T. and De Clerck, K., 2013. Effect of the relative humidity on the fibre morphology of polyamide 4.6 and polyamide 6.9 nanofibres. Journal of Materials Science, 48(4), pp.1746-1754, Journal of Minerals Science volume 48 number 4 p. 1746 2013 1573-4803
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- Rights
- Open Access
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Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU Department of Chemistry
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