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Producing continuous twisted yarn from well‐aligned nanofibers by water vortex
Author(s) -
Yousefzadeh Maryam,
Latifi Masoud,
Teo WeeEong,
AmaniTehran Mohammad,
Ramakrishna Seeram
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.21800
Subject(s) - yarn , materials science , composite material , nanofiber , vortex , spinning , mechanics , physics
A new technology based on the liquid support system is introduced for fabricating continuous twisted nanofibrous yarn. In this novel technique, the electrospun yarn was collected from the top of the water vortex such that it can be twisted simultaneously during yarn production. Our study demonstrated the feasibility of the technique for producing continuous twisted yarn from well aligned nanofibers. It is shown that the system can be modified to have different yarn counts with various twists. Further, significant improvement can be seen in the strength and strain when nanofibrous yarn is twisted compared to non‐twisted yarn. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2011. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers