Electrospun nanofiber mats are inherently weak, and hence they are often deposited on mechanically-strong substrates such
as porous woven fabrics that can provide good structural support without altering the nanofiber characteristics. One major
challenge of this approach is to ensure good adhesion of nanofiber mats onto the substrates and to achieve satisfactory durability
of nanofiber mats against flexion and abrasion during practical use. In this work, Nylon 6 nanofibers were deposited on plasma-pretreated
woven fabric substrates through a new plasma-electrospinning hybrid process with the objective of improving adhesion between
nanofibers and fabric substrates. The as-prepared Nylon 6 nanofiber-deposited woven fabrics were evaluated for adhesion strength
and durability of nanofiber mats by carrying out peel strength and flex resistance tests. The test results showed significant
improvement in the adhesion of nanofiber mats on woven fabric substrates. The nanofiber-deposited woven fabrics also exhibited
good resistance to damage under repetitive flexion. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy and water contact angle analyses were
conducted to study the plasma effect on the nanofibers and substrate fabric, and the results suggested that both the plasma
pretreatment and plasma-electrospinning hybrid process introduced radicals, increased oxygen contents, and led to the formation
of active chemical sites on the nanofiber and substrate surfaces. These active sites helped in creating crosslinking bonds
between substrate fabric and electrospun nanofibers, which in turn increased the adhesion properties. The work demonstrates
that the plasma-electrospinning hybrid process of nanofiber mats is a promising method to prepare durable functional materials. 相似文献
ZnO nanofibers were prepared from zinc acetate/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) by electrospun method. The morphological features,
crystallinity, mechanical and optical properties of the ZnO nanofibers were studied. The results show the specific surface
area of the ZnO nanofibers was influenced by the electrospun conditions. The specific surface area reached 389.7 m2g−1 as the average diameter was 232 nm. The XRD date reveals the nanofibers consist of a single phase of well-crystallized ZnO
with hexagonal structure. The elastic modulus of a single ZnO nanofiber was also characterized by nano-scale three-point bending
test. 相似文献
In this work, the effect of dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC, a kind of alkyl ammonium salt) on polar β phase content and the diameter of electrospun PVDF nanofibers was investigated for the first time. Our experimental results show that the diameter of the electrospun PVDF nanofiber could be largely reduced and the content of polar β phase also become dominant immediately by just adding a little amount of DDAC. When the mass fraction of DDAC reached 4%, the content of polar β phase increased by about 39.1% compared with PVDF nanofibers without DDAC. Besides, the crystallinity of PVDF nanofibers also increased with the addition of DDAC. Based on the results, the possible mechanism of cooperative effect between electrospinning and DDAC on fiber diameter and formation of β phase in PVDF was discussed. 相似文献
Summary: Poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) was used in two methods to prepare polymer nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles. The first method involved electrospinning the PVP nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles directly from the PVP solutions containing the Ag nanoparticles. N,N‐Dimethylformamide was used as a solvent for the PVP as well as a reducing agent for the Ag+ ions in the PVP solutions. In the second method, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) aqueous solutions were electrospun with 5 wt.‐% of the PVP containing Ag nanoparticles. The Ag nanoparticles were evenly distributed in the PVA nanofibers. PVP containing Ag nanoparticles could be used to introduce Ag nanoparticles to other polymer nanofibers that are miscible with PVP.
The use of electrospun nanofibers as functional material in paper-based lateral flow assays (LFAs) was studied. Specific chemical features of the nanofibers were achieved by doping the base polymer, poly(lactic acid) (PLA), with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polystyrene8K-block-poly(ethylene-ran-butylene)25K-block-polyisoprene10K-Brij76 (K3-Brij76) (KB). The LFAs were assembled such that the sample flowed through the nanofiber mat via capillary action. Initial investigations focused on the sustainable spinning and assembly of different polymer structures to allow the LFA format. Here, it was found that the base polymer poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), which was shown to function well in microfluidic biosensors, did not work in the LFA format. In contrast, PLA-based nanofibers enabled easy assembly. Three relevant features were chosen to study nanofiber-based functionalities in the LFA format: adsorption of antibodies, quantification of results, and nonspecific binding. In particular, streptavidin-conjugated sulforhodamine B (SRB)-encapsulating liposomes were captured by anti-streptavidin antibodies adsorbed on the nanofibers. Varying the functional polymer concentration within the PLA base enabled the creation of distinct capture zones. Also, a sandwich assay for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 was developed using anti-E. coli antibodies as capture and reporter species with horseradish peroxidase for signal generation. A dose–response curve for E. coli with a detection limit of 1.9?×?104 cells was achieved. Finally, functional polymers were used to demonstrate that nonspecific binding could be eliminated using antifouling block copolymers. The enhancement of paper-based devices using functionalized nanofibers provides the opportunity to develop a broad spectrum of sensitive and specific bioassays with significant advantages over their traditional counterparts.
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Schematic of LFA format and single-step binding assay. A 1.75?×?5-mm nanofiber mat was placed directly on a backing card 4.5 mm in width, and a 1?×?20-cm absorbent pad was placed on the backing card overlapping the nanofiber mat by approximately 2 mm (a). The LFAs ran vertically in glass culture tubes. In the E. coli sandwich assay, E. coli (green) flowed through the anti-E. coli-modified nanofiber mat, followed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated (pink) anti-E. coli. When E. coli is present, a colorimetric signal results upon addition of HRP substrate (b), and when no E. coli is present, the HRP flows through the nanofiber mat and no signal is observed (c) 相似文献
BaTiO3 nanofibers (BT NFs), prepared by electrospinning, were used as a filler for electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE) nanocomposite mats. The phase structure and the effect of poling conditions on the piezoelectric properties of PVDF-TrFE/BT nanocomposites were investigated. The results showed an improved degree of crystallinity (78.6%) and a high β-crystal phase (up to 98.3%) in all electrospun samples, independent of the nanofiber content. The two-step poling method, applying electric fields of opposite polarity, led to significantly improved piezoelectric constants d33 (−31.7 pC N−1), strongly dependent on the added BaTiO3 nanofibers. The inclusion of piezoelectric ceramic nanofibers into a polymer matrix, easily carried out by means of electrospinning, followed by an ad hoc optimized poling treatment, allowed to develop flexible materials with enhanced piezoelectric properties, potentially exploitable in innovative conversion systems used in wearable and sensing devices. 相似文献
The isolation and characterization of carbon nanofibers from soot obtained by burning natural oil is reported. The fibers were extracted from the soot with tetrahydrofuran followed by sonication. The carbon nanofibers were mixed with poly(vinyl alcohol) and electrospun to get the nanofiber mat. The extraction ability of electrospun nanofibers for the separation and preconcentration of aromatic compounds such as 3-nitroaniline, 4-chloroaniline, 4-bromoaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline were tested and efficiently evaluated using high performance liquid chromatography. Under optimized conditions, the method showed good linearity in a range of 0.5–50 μg L−1 with correlation coefficient ranging from 0.989 to 0.998. High precision of the extraction with RSD values of 4.5–5.8% and low LOD value in a range of 0.009–0.081 μg L−1 for all aniline compounds were achieved. The proposed microextraction method offers advantages such as easy operation, high recovery, fast extraction, minimal use of organic solvent and elimination of tedious solvent evaporation and reconstitution steps. 相似文献
Alginate, a natural polysaccharide that has shown great potential as a cell scaffold for the regeneration of many tissues, has only been nominally explored as an electrospun biomaterial due to cytotoxic chemicals that have typically been used during nanofiber formation and crosslinking. Alginate cannot be electrospun by itself and is often co‐spun with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). In this work, a cell adhesive peptide (GRGDSP) modified alginate (RA) and unmodified alginate (UA) were blended with PEO at different concentrations and blending ratios, and then electrospun to prepare uniform nanofibers. The ability of electrospun RA scaffolds to support human dermal fibroblast cell attachment, spreading, and subsequent proliferation was greatly enhanced on the adhesion ligand‐modified nanofibers, demonstrating the promise of this electrospun polysaccharide material with defined nanoscale architecture and cell adhesive properties for tissue regeneration applications.
Bioactive glasses (BGs) have gained great attention owing to their versatile biological properties. Combining BG nanoparticles (BGNPs) with polymeric nanofibers produced nanocomposites of great performance in various biomedical applications especially in regenerative medicine. In this study, a novel nanocomposite nanofibrous system was developed and optimized from cellulose acetate (CA) electrospun nanofibers containing different concentrations of BGNPs. Morphology, IR and elemental analysis of the prepared electrospun nanofibers were determined using SEM, FT-IR and EDX respectively. Electrical conductivity and viscosity were also studied. Antibacterial properties were then investigated using agar well diffusion method. Moreover, biological wound healing capabilities for the prepared nanofiber dressing were assessed using in-vivo diabetic rat model with induced wounds. The fully characterized CA electrospun uniform nanofiber (100–200 nm) with incorporated BGNPs exhibited broad range of antimicrobial activity against gram negative and positive bacteria. The BGNP loaded CA nanofiber accelerated wound closure efficiently by the 10th day. The remaining wound areas for treated rats were 95.7?±?1.8, 36.4?±?3.2, 6.3?±?1.5 and 0.8?±?0.9 on 1st, 5th, 10th and 15th days respectively. Therefore, the newly prepared BGNP CA nanocomposite nanofiber could be used as a promising antibacterial and wound healing dressing for rapid and efficient recovery.
Polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) solutions containing a very low concentration of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) of similar surface chemistry, respectively, were electrospun, and the nanofibers formed were collected using a modified rotating disk collector. The polymorphic behavior and crystal orientation of the nanofibers were studied using wide-angle X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy, while the nanotube alignment and interfacial interactions in the nanofibers were probed by transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. It is shown that the interfacial interaction between the SWCNTs and PVDF and the extensional force experienced by the nanofibers in the electrospinning and collection processes can work synergistically to induce highly oriented beta-form crystallites extensively. In contrast, the MWCNTs could not be well aligned along the nanofiber axis, which leads to a lower degree of crystal orientation. 相似文献
A series of high molecular weight PI precursors, poly(p-phenylene biphenyltetracarboxamide acid), were synthesized from 3,4,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA) and p-phenylenediamine (PDA) by using intense mechanical stirring at −15 to 0 °C for 48-72 h. The as-synthesized PI precursor solution was used to make BPDA/PDA polyimide thin films and electrospun nanofibers. IR, Ostward Viscometer, CMT-8102 Electromechanical Universal Testing Machine and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used for the characterizations of the as-synthesized PI precursor, PI films and nanofiber sheets. The high molecular weight BPDA/PDA PI thin films and electrospun nanofiber sheets possess excellent mechanical properties of up to 900 MPa tensile strength with up to 18.0 GPa E-modulus and up to 210 MPa tensile strength with up to 2.5 GPa E-modulus, respectively. 相似文献