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Development of magnetic fabrics with tunable hydrophobicity
Author(s) -
Ho Thu,
Ghochaghi Negar,
Tepper Gary
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.39340
Subject(s) - contact angle , hysteresis , polystyrene , materials science , electrospinning , magnetic field , composite material , magnetic hysteresis , fiber , polymer , magnetization , condensed matter physics , physics , quantum mechanics
Polystyrene (PS) fiber mats incorporating iron (Fe) particles were fabricated by electrospinning and the hydrophobicity of the resulting magnetic fabrics was investigated with and without an applied magnetic field. The results show that the hydrophobicity increases in the presence of a magnetic field and the hysteresis in the advancing/receding contact angle decreases in the presence of a magnetic field. It is also shown that the contact angle and hysteresis increase with decreasing fiber diameter. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 2352–2358, 2013