Open AccessThe Effect of Applied Electric Field on the Diameter and Size Distribution of Electrospun N ylon6 Nanofibers
Author(s) -
Sohrabi Amirreza,
Shaibani Parmiss Mojir,
Thundat Thomas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scanning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1932-8745
pISSN - 0161-0457
DOI - 10.1002/sca.21044
Subject(s) - electrospinning , nanofiber , scanning electron microscope , electric field , materials science , composite material , voltage , nanotechnology , distribution (mathematics) , polymer , mathematics , electrical engineering , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis
Summary One‐dimensional N ylon6 nanofibers were fabricated through the electrospinning process. The effect of the applied electric field and voltage–distance combinations on the diameter and size distribution of the fibers was examined systematically by analyzing scanning electron microscopy ( SEM ) images. The results indicated that maintaining the electric field at 1 kV/cm with the voltage–distance combination of 15 kV–15 cm among all other combinations would result in the optimum average diameter as well as a narrow size distribution of the fibers. SCANNING 35: 183‐188, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.