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Scission of electrospun polymer fibres by ultrasonication

Date

Authors

Sawawi, Marini

Wang, Ting-Yi

Nisbet, David

Simon, George R.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

In this work we show that sonication alone can be used to scission bulk electrospun membranes into short fibres. The mechanism of such scission events is bubble cavitation stimulated by the ultrasonic probe, followed by bubble implosion. The tendency of p

Keywords

Keywords: Bubble cavitation; Chemical and physical properties; Electrospun membranes; Electrospun polymers; Poly (l-lactide); Polymer nanofibres; Ultra-sonication; Ultrasonic probe; Electrospinning; Esters; Nanocomposites; Nanofibers; Polymers; Sonication; Styrene; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Ultrasonication

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73284

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Polymer

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.polymer.2013.05.060

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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