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Cover Image, Volume 135, Issue 22
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.46391
Subject(s) - polymer science , nanofiber , cover (algebra) , toughness , materials science , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , polymer , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Poly[styrene‐co‐N‐(N′,N′‐dimethyl‐3‐aminopropyl)maleimide] (SMI‐P) nanofibers have excellent antimicrobial properties. The poor mechanical properties demonstrated by these fibres however present major challenges in their large scale application. The aim of this study examined by Nonjabulo Prudence Gule and colleagues, was to harness the exceptional antimicrobial properties of these fibres and improve the mechanical properties of nanofibres for possible application in water filtration systems. Nylon‐6 nanofibres were chosen as the core because of their well reported toughness and high tensile strength. The scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image of pristine SMI‐P comes up as white fibres without a core while the coresheath fibres indicates the presence of the nylon‐6 core. DOI: 10.1002/app.46303 .