Conductive Gold Films Assembled on Electrospun Poly(methyl methacrylate) Fibrous Mats

Abstract

The preparation and design of confinement structures on a sub-micrometer scale have attracted great attention because of the potential for new materials properties and applications in a broad range of areas. Many materials with sub-micrometer dimensions have been fabricated, including inorganic and organic materials.[1]Self-assembly of colloidal metal particles has generated great interest as a powerful fabrication method of macroscopic surfaces with well-defined and controllable nanostructures.[2]

Antibacterial polycaprolactone electrospun fiber mats prepared by soluble eggshell membrane protein–assisted adsorption of silver nanoparticles

“…For assembly of Ag NPs onto electrospun mats, the pH value of the silver sol was adjusted from pH 9.7 (original) to 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 by adding dropwise 1 M HCl just before use. The electrospun mat supported by a filter paper was placed in a vacuum funnel with a diameter of 3 cm.…”

Ag nanoparticle-embedded one-dimensional β-CD/PVP composite nanofibers prepared via electrospinning for use in antibacterial material

“…Recently, incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles into polymer nanofibers has drawn a great deal of attention, because the inorganic nanoparticles can afford pure polymer nanofibers with novel properties, such as optical, electronic, catalytic, and antimicrobial properties [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Incorporation of Ag nanoparticles into polymer nanofibers has been studied, and there are some reports on the preparation and properties of polymer-Ag nanoparticle composite nanofibers.…”

Fabrication of Highly Photoluminescent TiO2/PPV Hybrid Nanoparticle‐Polymer Fibers by Electrospinning

“…The fabrication of these materials in 1D using self-assembly and electrospinning techniques has been studied by many groups looking at organic, inorganic and inorganic/organic materials. [1][2][3] Recently, much attention has been focused on synthesizing nanoparticle-supported nanofibers by electrospinning a nanoparticle-containing polymer solution or inorganic/ polymer solution, [4] with materials such as TiO 2 / PVP, [5a] V 2 O 5 -TiO 2 /PVP, [5b] TiO 2 -SiO 2 /PVac [2] , CdS/PVP, [5c] copper/PVA [5d] and PbS/polymer [5e] fibers by stepwise growth, self-assembly via gas deposition and calcination processes. Among the inorganic compounds, TiO 2 as an indirect band gap material has recently been of substantial interest for both industrial applications and scientific research.…”