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Rare earth oxide luminescence materials via electrospinning: synthesis and characteristics

  • Hou, Zhiyao;Lin, Jun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.200-203
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    • 2009
  • One-dimensional rare earth oxide luminescence nano materials have been prepared by a combination method of sol-gel process and electrospinning. Systematic studie s on optical properties indicate that electrospinning is a facile and novel route for development luminescen ce materials that are useful in fluorescent lamps an d field emission dispalys.

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Fabrication of Electrospun Cobalt Nanofiber (전기 방사 기반의 코발트 나노 섬유의 제작)

  • Heo, Joonseong;Lim, Geunbae
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2015
  • Electrospinning method has easy preparation of nanofibers with a simple and versatile technique. Electrospun nanofiber is widely used by the simple approach and have great potentials in the numerous applicaitons of medicine, photonics, catalysts, sensors, etc. including advantage of their specific characteristics such as large surface to volume ratio. This paper focused on the fabrication of cobalt electrospun nanofibrer for applications such as electronic, optical and mechanical devices by metal based material. We fabricated cobalt nanofibers on aluminum foil by an electrospinning method. The electrospinning process was performed at a high voltage, 8 kV. The distance between the needle tip and the solution surface in the bath was 5 cm. The PVB - cobalt based nitrate solution was filled in a 10 mL syringe connected to a 22 gauge needle. We confirmed electrospun cobalt nanofiber after annealing process by SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analysis. The concept design, fabrication and results of mapping measurements are reported.

Synthesis of LiFePO4 nano-fibers for cathode materials by electrospinning process

  • Kang, Chung-Soo;Kim, Cheong;Son, Jong-Tae
    • Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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    • v.13 no.spc2
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    • pp.304-307
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    • 2012
  • Nano-fibers of LiFePO4 were synthesized from a metal oxide precursor by adopting electrospinning method. After calcination of the above precursor nano-fibers at 800 ℃, LiFePO4 nano-fibers with a diameter of 300 ~ 800 nm, were successfully obtained. Measurement were performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), videoscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM), respectively, were performed to characterize the properties of the as-prepared materials. The results showed that the crystalline phase and morphology of the fibers were largely influenced the starting materials and electrospinning conditions.

Synthesis of Ultra-long Hollow Chalcogenide Nanofibers

  • Jwa, Yong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.3.1-3.1
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    • 2011
  • Nanoengineered materials with advanced architectures are critical building blocks to modulate conventional material properties or amplify interface behavior for enhanced device performance. While several techniques exist for creating one dimensional heterostructures, electrospinning has emerged as a versatile, scalable, and cost-effective method to synthesize ultra-long nanofibers with controlled diameter (a few nanometres to several micrometres) and composition. In addition, different morphologies (e.g., nano-webs, beaded or smooth cylindrical fibers, and nanoribbons) and structures (e.g., core-.shell, hollow, branched, helical and porous structures) can be readily obtained by controlling different processing parameters. Although various nanofibers including polymers, carbon, ceramics and metals have been synthesized using direct electrospinning or through post-spinning processes, limited works were reported on the compound semiconducting nanofibers because of incompatibility of precursors. In this work, we combined electrospinning and galvanic displacement reaction to demonstrate cost-effective high throughput fabrication of ultra-long hollow semiconducting chalcogen and chalcogenide nanofibers. This procedure exploits electrospinning to fabricate ultra-long sacrificial nanofibers with controlled dimensions, morphology, and crystal structures, providing a large material database to tune electrode potentials, thereby imparting control over the composition and shape of the nanostructures that evolved during galvanic displacement reaction.

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Using Taguchi design of experiments for the optimization of electrospun thermoplastic polyurethane scaffolds

  • Nezadi, Maryam;Keshvari, Hamid;Yousefzadeh, Maryam
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.59-69
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    • 2021
  • Electrospinning is a cost-effective and versatile method for producing submicron fibers. Although this method is relatively simple, at the theoretical level the interactions between process parameters and their influence on the fiber morphology are not yet fully understood. In this paper, the aim was finding optimal electrospinning parameters in order to obtain the smallest fiber diameter by using Taguchi's methodology. The nanofibers produced by electrospinning a solution of Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) in Dimethylformamide (DMF). Polymer concentration and process parameters were considered as the effective factors. Taguchi's L9 orthogonal design (4 parameters, 3 levels) was applied to the experiential design. Optimal electrospinning conditions were determined using the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio with Minitab 17 software. The morphology of the nanofibers was studied by a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Thereafter, a tensile tester machine was used to assess mechanical properties of nanofibrous scaffolds. The analysis of DoE experiments showed that TPU concentration was the most significant parameter. An optimum combination to reach smallest diameters was yielded at 12 wt% polymer concentration, 16 kV of the supply voltage, 0.1 ml/h feed rate and 15 cm tip-to-distance. An empirical model was extracted and verified using confirmation test. The average diameter of nanofibers at the optimum conditions was in the range of 242.10 to 257.92 nm at a confidence level 95% which was in close agreement with the predicted value by the Taguchi technique. Also, the mechanical properties increased with decreasing fibers diameter. This study demonstrated Taguchi method was successfully applied to the optimization of electrospinning conditions for TPU nanofibers and the presented scaffold can mimic the structure of Extracellular Matrix (ECM).

Ammonia Adsorption Characteristic of Reusable PAN/zeolite Fibers Made by Electrospinning (전기방사로 제작된 재이용 가능한 PAN/제올라이트 섬유의 암모니아 흡착 특성)

  • Ro, Yeon Hee;Chung, Woo Jin;Chang, Soon Woong
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.281-288
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    • 2020
  • BACKGROUND: Generally, ammonia occurs from agricultural waste disposal. Ammonia is known as a harmful substance to the human body and has a bad influence such as eutrophication on the ecosystem. It is possible to remove the ammonia by ammonia adsorption method using natural zeolite, without external influence. However, due to the natural zeolite shape, it is hard to reuse. METHODS AND RESULTS: Electrospinning method can produce fiber with constant diameter. Moreover, electrospinning method has no limitation for selecting the material to make the fiber, and thus, it is valuable to reform the surface of adsorbent. In this study, reusable membrane was made by electrospinning method. The highest removal efficiency was shown from the membrane with 20% of zeolite included, and it has been verified that it is possible to reuse the membrane through chemical treatment. The highest ammonia removal efficiency was about 92.4%. CONCLUSION: In this study, ammonia adsorption characteristics of zeolite fibers were studied. Electrospinning method can produce zeolite fiber with even distribution. Ammonia can be removed efficiently from ion exchange ability of the natural zeolite. The result of adsorption isotherm indicated that both Freundlich model and Langmuir model provided the best fit for equilibrium data. And study on desorption has demonstrated that the ion exchange from zeolite was reversible when 0.01 M NaCl and KCl solution were used.

Effect of Humidity on the Electrospinning of Chitosan Solution (키토산 용액의 전기방사에 있어 습도의 영향)

  • Lee, Jin-Ah;Joo, Chang-Whan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.273-274
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    • 2003
  • Chitin and chitosan have a wide range of application on the environmental and biomedical engineering by their biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity and adsorption property, etc. The efforts of manufacturing chitosan fibers are continuously maintained until now$\^$l.2)/. Electrospinning is new method to produce the nano-sized fibers for medical uses. Recently, formation of chitosan fiber using electrospinning is studied by many textile researchers. (omitted)

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Fabrication of CuZn Nanofibers by Electrospinning Method

  • ;Park, Ju-Yeon;Jeong, Eun-Gang;Gang, Yong-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.374.1-374.1
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    • 2016
  • Copper and zinc are well known elements with antibacterial effect. So in this research, Cu and Zn (CZ) nanofibers (NFs) were fabricated by electrospinning method using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) for adjusting viscosity. The CZ/PVP precursor solutions were prepared with copper sulfate pentahydrate, and zinc acetate dihydrate. Distilled water was used for solvent and PVP was used to regulate the viscosity of precursor solution. The CZ/PVP NF composites were obtained by electrospinning method using the precursor solution. The average diameter of obtained CZ/PVP NFs was determined by optical microscopy using Motic image plus 2.0 program and was found to be 490 nm. The chemical environment of the obtained CZ/PVP NF composites was investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). After heating the obtained CZ/PVP NF composites at 353 K, the solvent was removed. The characteristic C 1s, Cu 2p, and Zn 2p core level XPS peaks were observed. After calcination the CZ/PVP NF composites at 873 K in Ar environment for 5 hrs, PVP was decomposed at this temperature and CZ NF was obtained. This was confirmed by decreasing the intensity of C 1s.

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Preparation of pitch from pyrolized fuel oil by electron beam radiation and its melt-electrospinning property

  • Jung, Jin-Young;Lee, Young-Seak
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.129-135
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    • 2014
  • Spinnable pitch for melt-electrospinning was obtained from pyrolized fuel oil by electron beam (E-beam) radiation treatment. The modified pitch was characterized by measuring its elemental composition, softening point, viscosity, molecular weight, and spinnability. The softening point and viscosity properties of the modified pitch were influenced by reforming types (heat or E-beam radiation treatment) and the use of a catalyst. The softening point and molecular weight were increased in proportion to absorbed doses of E-beam radiation and added $AlCl_3$ due to the formation of pitch by free radical polymerization. The range of the molecular weight distribution of the modified pitch becomes narrow with better spinning owing to the generated aromatic compounds with similar molecular weight. The diameter of melt-electrospun pitch fibers under applied power of 20 kV decreased 53% ($4.7{\pm}0.9{\mu}m$) compared to that of melt-spun pitch fibers ($10.2{\pm}2.8{\mu}m$). It is found that E-beam treatment for reforming could be a promising method in terms of time-savings and cost-effectiveness, and the melt-electrospinning method is suitable for the preparation of thinner fibers than those obtained with the conventional melt-spinning method.

Fabrication of Polymer Nanofibers using Electrospinning (전기방사를 이용한 PEO 나노섬유 제조)

  • Kim, G.T.;Ahn, Y.C.;Lee, J.K.;Kattamuri, Nirupama;Sung, C.M.
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.31-37
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    • 2003
  • Polymeric fibers with nanometer-scale diameters are produced by electrospinning method. When the electrical forces at the surface of a polymer solution or melt overcome the surface tension, then electrospinning occurs and nanofibers are made. Polyethylene oxide(PEO) have been electrospun in our laboratory Electrospun PEO fibers are observed by scanning electron microscopy or transmission electron microscopy In thl:; study. the average diameter of the electrospun fibers decreases with decreasing PEO concentration and increasing electric field strength. The optimal conditions for producing uniform PEO 100nm fibers are the 10wt% PEO concentration at a voltage 25 to 30kV and a distance of 10cm from tip to collector.

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