Submicron electrospun-polymer fibers

Kim, C. W., M. W. Frey, M. Marquez, and Y. L. Joo (2005). Preparation of submicron-scale, electrospun cellulose fibers via direct dissolution. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics 43(13) 1673-1683. 

Submicron-size fillers, including electrospun conducting fibers have large specific surface area and tend to form high interconnecting network. These characteristics are expected to enhance the electrical conduction of polymer-matrix nanocomposites to be manufactured using such fillers (Wei and Sancaktar 1996 Sancaktar and Wei 1996). 

I Nanofibers The first example is a study on the organization of lamellae in electrospun fibers of a semicrystalline polymer. Poly(f-caprolactone) has been spun into submicron fibers by electrospinning [30,31]. The fiber morphology can be imaged successfully by intermittent contact mode AFM, as shown in Figure 6.19a, where a rather dense web of electrospun poly( -caprolactone) fibers can... 

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