Exploring electrospinning to assemble polymeric structures for adsorption applications

Author

Furlan, Rogerio ; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Gil ; Vazquez-Davila, Paola M. ; Rodrigues da Silva, Ana Neilde

Author_Institution

Phys. & Electron. Dept., Univ. of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico

fYear

2013

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Using a modified electrospinning process, polymeric structures with ramifications containing micro and nanofibers and round porous polymeric arrangements were easily assembled. This represents an innovative use of the electrospinning process to obtain polymeric structures that can find adsorption applications. The structures were formed using solutions with PVDF and DMF. The electrospinning setup uses rectangular macro electrodes and the polymeric solution is injected close to the vertical wall of the positive electrode. In this work we describe the mechanisms of formation and the characteristics of the obtained structures.

Keywords

adsorption; electrodes; electrospinning; nanofabrication; nanofibres; nanoporous materials; polymer solutions; polymer structure; porosity; DMF solution; PVDF solution; adsorption; microfiber; modified electrospinning; nanofiber; polymeric solution; polymeric structure; positive electrode; rectangular macroelectrodes; round porous polymeric arrangement; micro and nanofibers; modified ellectrospinning; polymeric structure; porous structures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics Technology and Devices (SBMicro), 2013 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Curitiba

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0516-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMicro.2013.6676139

Filename

6676139