Journal article
Plasma assisted synthesis of hollow nanofibers using electrospun sacrificial templates
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, v 265(1)
01 Dec 2007
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Abstract
In this work, we describe the synthesis of nanostructured polymeric materials of controlled tubular geometries using oxygen plasma and polysiloxane-grafting onto electrospun fiber sacrificial templates. The fibers were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to determine the extent of grafting, graft chemistry and the influence of plasma treatment. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to determine the morphology and size of the electrospun fibers and nanotubes. The average diameter of the electrospun fibers employed ranged between 300 nm and 1500 nm. The micrographs revealed differences that are dependent on the type of grafting chemistry as well as plasma treatment times. The template synthesis of polysiloxane nanotubes using polyester track-etched membranes also shows that the technique is applicable to different substrates. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Plasma assisted synthesis of hollow nanofibers using electrospun sacrificial templates
- Creators
- Aflal M. Rahmathullah - Drexel UniversityE. Jason Robinette - Drexel UniversityHong Chen - Drexel UniversityYossef A. Elabd - Drexel UniversityGiuseppe R. Palmese - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, v 265(1)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000252025000005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-36048952057
- Other Identifier
- 991019168374604721
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- Instruments & Instrumentation
- Nuclear Science & Technology
- Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
- Physics, Nuclear