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paper reports the effects of structural parameters on organic
liquid impregnation behavior into nanofibrous (NF) polymer membranes.
The NF membranes were prepared from organic liquidphilic polymers,
poly(amide-imide)s (PAIs), by electrospinning. The impregnation velocity
of the organic liquid, ethylmethylcarbonate, into the as-spun PAI
NF membranes with diameters ranging from 400 to 900 nm was approximately
10–20 times higher than that into commercial cellulose nonwoven
membranes. Our theoretical analyses based on the Kozeny–Carman
equation and multivariate statistics clearly indicate that in addition
to the porosity of the membranes, the variation in fiber diameter
as well as the average fiber diameter is a crucial factor for controlling
the liquid impregnation behavior.
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