Cover Image

Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning

In this study, chitosan nanofibres were fabricated using electrospinning process. Initially, chitosan powders were further deacetylated with sodium hydroxide to deprotonate the polymer chains and decrease the molecular weight. Subsequently, the treated chitosan (5 wt-% in 90:10 acetic acid/water rat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Talebian, S., Afifi, A.M., Khanlou, H.M.
Format: Article
Published: Maney Publishing 2014
Subjects:
Q Science (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/15477/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.um.eprints.15477
record_format eprints
spelling my.um.eprints.154772015-12-31T00:40:42Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/15477/ Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning Talebian, S. Afifi, A.M. Khanlou, H.M. Q Science (General) In this study, chitosan nanofibres were fabricated using electrospinning process. Initially, chitosan powders were further deacetylated with sodium hydroxide to deprotonate the polymer chains and decrease the molecular weight. Subsequently, the treated chitosan (5 wt-% in 90:10 acetic acid/water ratio) were mixed with poly vinyl alcohol (8 wt-% in water) at different ratios in order to facilitate the electrospinning through cross-links formation. Field-emission scanning electron microscopic images showed that 60:40 (chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol) ratio was the threshold for formation of beads (chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol >50:50 contains imperfections) and that increasing chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol ratio from 20:80 to 60:40 decreased the average diameter of fibres from 80 to 40 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectra proved the formation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol cross-linked nanofibres. Maney Publishing 2014 Article PeerReviewed Talebian, S. and Afifi, A.M. and Khanlou, H.M. (2014) Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning. Materials Research Innovations, 18 (S6). pp. 331-335.
institution Universiti Malaya
building UM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaya
content_source UM Research Repository
url_provider http://eprints.um.edu.my/
topic Q Science (General)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Talebian, S.
Afifi, A.M.
Khanlou, H.M.
Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
description In this study, chitosan nanofibres were fabricated using electrospinning process. Initially, chitosan powders were further deacetylated with sodium hydroxide to deprotonate the polymer chains and decrease the molecular weight. Subsequently, the treated chitosan (5 wt-% in 90:10 acetic acid/water ratio) were mixed with poly vinyl alcohol (8 wt-% in water) at different ratios in order to facilitate the electrospinning through cross-links formation. Field-emission scanning electron microscopic images showed that 60:40 (chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol) ratio was the threshold for formation of beads (chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol >50:50 contains imperfections) and that increasing chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol ratio from 20:80 to 60:40 decreased the average diameter of fibres from 80 to 40 nm. Fourier transform infrared spectra proved the formation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol cross-linked nanofibres.
format Article
author Talebian, S.
Afifi, A.M.
Khanlou, H.M.
author_facet Talebian, S.
Afifi, A.M.
Khanlou, H.M.
author_sort Talebian, S.
title Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
title_short Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
title_full Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
title_fullStr Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
title_sort fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/poly vinyl alcohol nanofibres via electrospinning
publisher Maney Publishing
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/15477/
_version_ 1643690062866546688
score 13.211869

Similar Items