Effect of optimization parameters on the diameter of PVP fibers fabricated by electrospinning technique

Author

Ravi Teja Reddy, V. ; Krupakar Reddy, K. ; Ravindra, S.

Author_Institution

Centre for Nanotechnol. Res., VIT Univ., Vellore, India

fYear

2013

fDate

24-26 July 2013

Firstpage

733

Lastpage

736

Abstract

Electrospinning is a versatile method to produce fibers to obtain sub-micron range structures. In this present work, we fabricated PVP fibers by electrospinning technique. Various experimental parameters such as distance between the tip and collector, voltage applied, flow rate have been optimized and the effect of these experimental parameters on the diameter of the fibers is studied using a high resolution optical microscope. For a flow rate of 0.5 ml/h, voltage of 25 kV, tip to collector distance of 12 cm and 10% polymer concentration, the fibers obtained were uniform with a diameter of 520 nm.

Keywords

electrospinning; nanofabrication; nanofibres; optical microscopy; polymer fibres; polymer structure; PVP fiber diameter; applied voltage; distance 12 cm; electrospinning; flow rate; high-resolution optical microscopy; optimization parameter effect; polymer concentration; size 520 nm; submicron range structures; tip-to-collector distance; voltage 25 kV; Batteries; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Software; Electrospinning; PVP fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Nanomaterials and Emerging Engineering Technologies (ICANMEET), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1377-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICANMEET.2013.6609400

Filename

6609400