Characterization of PVOH nonwoven mats prepared from Surfactant-Polymer system via electrospinning

Thermoresponsive conductive polymer composite thin film and fiber mat: Crosslinked PEDOT:PSS and P(NIPAAm-co-NMA) composite

“…However, electrospinning solution with high surface tension always generates the beaded fibers or drops that affected morphology and performance of product. Several researches showed that adding surfactant in the electrospinning solution can effectively decrease surface tension so as to prepare fiber with smooth surface . In this study, to obtain electrospinning solution with low surface tension, 1 wt % of anionic surfactant, AOT, was mixed in the PDPNN solutions.…”

Electrospinning of food-grade nanofibers from cellulose acetate and egg albumen blends

“…A similar result was reported by Kriegel et al (2009), who showed that the addition of non-ionic surfactants had little influence on the shear viscosity of the chitosan-PEO blend solutions. In contrast, the addition of an ionic surfactant, due to the much greater extent of polymer-surfactant interactions, may lead to substantial changes in the flow behavior of the blend solutions (Kriegel et al, 2009;Jung et al, 2005).…”

“…Specifically, they reported that electrospun poly (L-lactic acid) fibers with smaller and more uniform diameters were obtained when certain amounts of surfactant were added to the PLLA solutions. Jung et al (2005) also reported that morphologies and diameters of electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol) fibers were influenced by the type and the amount of surfactant that was added into the polymer solutions. Here, the reduction in the electrical conductivity upon the addition of the non-ionic surfactant (Tween40 Ò ) to the CA-EA blend solutions could be explained by the binding of surfactant monomers to the backbone of EA, thereby reducing its polyelectrolytic property.…”

Non‐ionic surfactants for enhancing electrospinability and for the preparation of electrospun nanofibers

“…In the work reported in this paper we used a non‐ionic surfactant to enhance the electrospinability and improve the morphology of electrospun nanofibers. Experiments have shown that polymer/surfactant can eliminate beads in nanofibers,25, 26 and improve the mechanical properties of electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) nonwoven mats 27. Use of a surfactant can enlarge the window of electrospinablity.…”