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Macromol. Mater. Eng. 10/2009
Author(s) -
Afifi Amalina M.,
Nakajima Hajime,
Yamane Hideki,
Kimura Yoshiharu,
Nakano Shigeyuki
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.200990016
Subject(s) - electrospinning , materials science , drum , fiber , composite material , nanofiber , fin , cover (algebra) , polymer science , nanotechnology , polymer , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cover: A target collector is designed for continuously collecting aligned fibers by electrospinning. It consists of several rotating fins that are fixed on a grounded drum. During the electrospinning, charged jets travel towards a nearest fin to form a fiber, which is linked with the fiber formed on the next approaching fin. As the fins rotate, fiber links are formed on the fins, producing aligned fibers. The fibers can be drawn to maximum draw ratio to attain molecular orientation and, consequently, tensile properties of the electrospun fibers can be improved. Further details can be found in the article by A. M. Afifi, * H. Nakajima, H. Yamane, Y. Kimura, and S. Nakano on page 658 .