Scalable Liquid Shear‐Driven Fabrication of Polymer Nanofibers

Stoyan K. Smoukov, Tian Tian, Narendiran Vitchuli, Sumit Gangwal, Pete Geisen, Miles Wright, Eunkyoung Shim, Manuel Márquez, Jeffrey D. Fowler, Orlin D. Velev

Advanced Materials · 2015 · 54 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

A simple process for batch or continuous formation of polymer nanofibers and other nanomaterials in the bulk of a sheared fluid medium is introduced. The process may be of high value to commercial nanotechnology, as it can be easily scaled up to the fabrication of staple nanofibers at rates that may exceed tens of kilograms per hour. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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