Aqueous solution blow spinning of poly(vinyl alcohol) micro- and nanofibers

Santos, Adillys M. C.; Medeiros, Eudes L.G.; Blaker, Jonny J.; Medeiros, Eliton S.

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2016.04.101

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“…It may be viable to increase solvent evaporation by controlling the temperature and humidity of the surrounding environment during SBS, or using a large working distance (50 cm). 25,29 Solvent quality and evaporation rate may also affect the crystallinity of the fibers formed by SBS. 30 Filler content, such as nanoparticles, can increase the viscosity of a polymer solution and therefore will affect the morphology of fibers as described in the previous sections.…”

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A Review of the Fundamental Principles and Applications of Solution Blow Spinning

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Solution blow spinning (SBS) is a technique that can be used to deposit fibers in situ at low cost for a variety of applications, which include biomedical materials and flexible electronics. This review is intended to provide an overview of the basic principles and applications of SBS. We first describe a method for creating a spinnable polymer solution and stable polymer solution jet by manipulating parameters such as polymer concentration and gas pressure. This method is based on fundamental insights, theoretical models, and empirical studies. We then discuss the unique bundled morphology and mechanical properties of fiber mats produced by SBS, and how they compare with electrospun fiber mats. Applications of SBS in biomedical engineering are highlighted, showing enhanced cell infiltration and proliferation versus electrospun fiber scaffolds and in situ deposition of biodegradable polymers. We also discuss the impact of SBS in applications involving textiles and electronics, including ceramic fibers and conductive composite materials. Strategies for future research are presented that take advantage of direct and rapid polymer deposition via cost-effective methods.

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Section: Basic Principles Of Fiber Spinningmentioning

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“…52,98,99 In conjunction, novel modifications to the general SBS technique can allow for spinning from new solvents, such as water or dimethyl carbonate, and the ability to deposit cells (Figure 10A, B). 29,65,100 …”

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A Review of the Fundamental Principles and Applications of Solution Blow Spinning

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Sandler

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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“…Over the last few years, SBS has been successfully employed to produce micro/nanofibers of many polymers, including cellulose [ 20 ], polyacrylonitrile (PAN) [ 21 ], nylon-6 [ 22 ], polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) [ 3 ], sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) [ 23 ], polyvinyl chloride (PVC) [ 24 ], polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) [ 25 ], poly(lactic acid) (PLA) [ 26 ], PLA/hydroxypropyl methylcellulose [ 27 ], polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) [ 28 ], soy protein [ 29 ], and even inorganic ZnO nanofibers [ 16 ], as well as core-shell fibers with cellulose core and polyethylene oxide (PEO) shell [ 20 ]. Polyimide (PI) is a polymer of imide monomers, PI fibers are usually retrieved from their precursor polyamic acid (PAA) fibers because it is hard to melt PI or dissolve it in the solvent.…”

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Preparation of Solution Blown Polyamic Acid Nanofibers and Their Imidization into Polyimide Nanofiber Mats

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Nanomaterials

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Solution blow spinning (SBS) is an innovative process for spinning micro/nanofibers. In this paper, polyamic acid (PAA) nanofibers were fabricated via a SBS apparatus and then imidized into polyimide (PI) nanofibers via thermal process. The morphology and diameter distributions of PAA nanofibers were determined by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Image Tool software, the processing parameters, including PAA concentration, solution feeding rate, gas pressure, nozzle size, and receiving distance were investigated in details. The fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterize the chemical changes in the nanofibers after thermal imidization. The results showed that the solution concentration exhibited a notable correlation with spinnability, and the formation of bead defects in PAA nanofibers. Solution feeding rate, gas pressure, nozzle size, and receiving distance affected nanofiber production efficiency and diameter distribution. The average diameters of fibers produced ranged from 129.6 to 197.7 nm by varying SBS parameters. Precisely, PAA nanofibers with good morphology were obtained and the average diameter of nanofibers was 178.2 nm with optimum process parameter. After thermal imidization, the PI nanofibers exhibited obvious adhesion morphology among interconnected fibers, with an increased average diameter of 209.1 nm. The tensile strength of resultant PI nanofiber mat was 12.95 MPa.

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“…Solution blow spinning (SBS) is gaining traction as a rapid technique to produce nano-and micro-fibres, using simple equipment with no electric fields [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The fibre networks produced typically exhibit more open inter-fibre porosity than electrospun mats [7,8].…”

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Hybrid sol–gel inorganic/gelatin porous fibres via solution blow spinning

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Hybrid sol-gel inorganic-organic fibres offer great potential in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. A significant challenge is to process them using scalable technologies into useful scaffolds that provide control over fibre diameter, morphology, mechanical properties, ion release, degradation and cell response. In this work we develop formulations that are amenable to processing via solution blow spinning (SBS), a rapid technique using simple equipment to spray nano-/ micro-fibres without any electric fields. The technique is extended to produce porous class I and II hybrid fibres using cryogenic SBS, with formulations developed based on tetraethyl orthosilicate/gelatin that are relatively facile to lyophilise. The formulations developed here take advantage of the reversible thermally activated conformation change of gelatin in aqueous solutions from random coil to triple helix to enable viscosity tuning and therefore fibre spinning. Gelatin is functionalised with (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane to produce class II hybrids which exhibit controllable time-and temperature-dependent viscosity profiles which can be tuned for spinning into highly porous fibres.Ryan D. Greenhalgh and William S. Ambler are joint first authors due to equal contribution.

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Aqueous solution blow spinning of poly(vinyl alcohol) micro- and nanofibers

Cited by 54 publications

References 15 publications

A Review of the Fundamental Principles and Applications of Solution Blow Spinning

A Review of the Fundamental Principles and Applications of Solution Blow Spinning

Preparation of Solution Blown Polyamic Acid Nanofibers and Their Imidization into Polyimide Nanofiber Mats

Hybrid sol–gel inorganic/gelatin porous fibres via solution blow spinning

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