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Fabrication, Characterization, and Electrical Properties of Ceramic Nanofiber Yarns by Electrospinning
Polymer Science Faculty Research
  • Darrell Reneker, The University of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2007
Abstract
It is more convenient to handle a bundle of nanofibers or nanofiber yarn instead of a single nanofiber. Nanofiber yarns are robust enough to be handled without the requirement of very precise, sophisticated equipment. They can be deposited or transferred onto a substrate as orderly structures. Yarns (twisted and aligned) of several semiconducting ceramic nanofibers (ZnO, NiO, CuO, SnO2) were synthesized using electrospinning method. These yarns had average diameter ~10-30 um and their constituent fibers had the average diameter ~60-100 nm. Fabrication, characterization, and electrical properties of these semiconducting nanofiber yarns will be presented.
Citation Information
Darrell Reneker. "Fabrication, Characterization, and Electrical Properties of Ceramic Nanofiber Yarns by Electrospinning" (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/darrell_reneker/76/