Preparation of membranes of poly(vynilidene fluoride) as temperature sensors via electrospinning for biomedical applications

Author

González-Morán, Carlos Omar ; Rodríguez-Montoya, Carlos Javier ; Suaste-Gómez, Ernesto

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ing. Electr., CINVESTAV Mexico, San Pedro, Mexico

fYear

2010

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

264

Abstract

Solution of poly(vinylidene flouride) PVDF in the mixed solvent of N, N- Dimethylformamide DMF was used to electrospin in order to obtain ultrafine fibers for biomedical use as temperature sensors. This membranes made of PVDF were characterized optically using a lab-made setups to determine its wavelength changes in a transmittance and reflection mode. A SEM was done in order to see the size of the fibers. The temperature sensors has a good performance in any human being (37°C), neonatal body (36.5°C to 37.5°C) and other bio-applications up to 80°C.

Keywords

biomedical materials; biomedical measurement; biothermics; electrospinning; membranes; polymers; temperature sensors; N, N-dimethylformamide mixed solvent; PVDF solution; SEM; biomedical applications; electrospinning; poly(vynilidene fluoride) membrane preparation; reflection mode wavelength changes; temperature sensors; transmittance mode wavelength changes; ultrafine fibers; Biomembranes; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Plastics; Temperature sensors; PVDF mats; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), 2010 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tuxtla Gutierrez

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7312-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEE.2010.5608645

Filename

5608645