Electrospinning biopolymers from ionic liquids requires control of different solution properties than volatile organic solvents [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, 2017.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description:
- 34 pages : digital, PDF file
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- United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Here, we report the correlation between key solution properties and spinability of chitin from the ionic liquid (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]), and the similarities and differences to electrospinning solutions of non-ionic polymers in volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We found that when electrospinning is conducted from ILs, conductivity and surface tension are not the key parameters regulating spinability, while solution viscosity and polymer concentration are. Contrarily, for electrospinning of polymers from VOCs, solution conductivity and viscosity have been reported to be among some of the most important factors controlling fiber formation. For chitin electrospun from [C2mim][OAc], we found both a critical chitin concentration required for continuous fiber formation (> 0.20 wt%) and a required viscosity for the spinning solution (between ca. 450 – 1500 cP). The high viscosities of the biopolymer-IL solutions made it possible to electrospin solutions with low, less than 1 wt% of polymer concentration and produce thin fibers without the need to adjust the electrospinning parameters. These results suggest new prospects for the control of fiber architecture in non-woven mats, which is crucial for materials performance.
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- E 1.99:1353372
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
04/27/2017.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 5 6 ISSN 2168-0485 AM
Oleksandra Zavgorodnya; Julia L. Shamshina; Jonathan R. Bonner; Robin D. Rogers.
The Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States) - Funding Information:
- NE0000672
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