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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 115, Issue -, Pages 388-393Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.09.002
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Poly(epsilon-caprolactone); Cellulose nanofiber; Co-electrospinning; Wicking rate; PCL/CEL
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- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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We report fabrication of poly (epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL)/cellulose (CEL) nanofiber blends via coelectrospinning for the possible use as biofilters and biosensor strips. Five different ratios of PCL to CEL were fabricated to investigate the wicking behavior. The cellulose acetate (CA) was taken as precursor to make cellulose nanofibers. Double nozzles were employed for jetting constituent polymers toward collector drum independently and resultant nanofibers webs were deacetylated in aqueous alkaline solution to convert CA into CEL as confirmed by FTIR spectra. FTIR further revealed that there is no effect of deacetylation on PCL nanofiber. The morphology of each blend webs under SEM showed uniform and bead-free nanofibers. Wicking behavior for five different ratios of PCL/CEL suggested that increasing CEL ratio in the blend enhanced the wicking front height; however, X-ray diffraction patterns of PCL/CEL showed a slight decrease in crystallinity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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